Brough Castle
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains.Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Verterae and Church of St Michael.
Verterae
Archaeological site
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman road in the north of England.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 780 feet southeast of Brough Castle.
Augill Castle
Building
Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Augill Castle is a Gothic Revival country house in Brough, Cumbria. Originally a private residence, it was later converted into a hotel. Augill Castle is situated 1 mile east of Brough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough and Brough Sowerby.
Brough
Village
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.
Brough Sowerby
Village
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located 22.3 miles southeast of the town of Penrith.
Helbeck
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helbeck is a settlement and civil parish near the village of Brough, in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England. There is a wood called Helbeck Wood nearby.
Brough Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Brough, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.52173° or 54° 31′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.32365° or 2° 19′ 25″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C6VGMCG+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 148755411OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2351225
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Brough Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Brough”
- Cebuano: “Brough Castle”
- Chinese: “布拉夫城堡”
- Danish: “Brough Castle”
- Dutch: “Brough Castle”
- Finnish: “Broughin linna”
- French: “château de Brough”
- French: “Château de Brough”
- German: “Brough Castle”
- Italian: “Brough Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Brough”
- Russian: “Замок Бро”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Brough”
- Swedish: “Brough Castle”
- Turkish: “Brough Kalesi”
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Highlights include Pica Hill and Yosgill Wood.
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