Lancy Crags

Lancy Crags is a locality in Lartington, County Durham, England. Lancy Crags is situated nearby to the locality Ladyfold Crags, as well as near Stake How.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goldsborough and Bowes Castle.

Goldsborough

Peak

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Goldsborough is a peak.

Bowes Castle

Castle

Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowes Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England. Built within the perimeter of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae, on the Roman road that is now the A66, the early timber castle on the site was replaced by a more substantial stone structure between 1170 and 1174 on the orders of Henry II. Bowes Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lancy Crags.

Lavatrae

Archaeological site

Lavatrae, also known as Lavatris, was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Bowes, County Durham, England. The medieval Bowes Castle was built within the perimeter of the fort. Lavatrae is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lancy Crags.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hury and Bowes.

Hury

Hamlet

Hury is a village in Baldersdale, in the Pennines of England. It is located in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. Along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it has been treated as part of County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes since 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Hury is situated 2½ miles north of Lancy Crags.

Bowes

Village

Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowes is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle. In 2021 the parish had a population of 442. Bowes is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lancy Crags.

Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs

Locality

Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of south-west County Durham, England. The site covers a gorge in the valley of Sleightholme Beck between the hamlet of Sleightholme and the confluence with the River Greta, some 3 km upriver from the village of Bowes. Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs is situated 2½ miles south of Lancy Crags.

Lancy Crags

Type: Locality
Location: Lartington, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.54072° or 54° 32′ 27″ north

Longitude

-2.0582° or 2° 3′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C6VGWRR+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5232670586

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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