Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote is a castle in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote is situated nearby to the grassland Scar Top, as well as near the art gallery Sandra Parker Studio.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ringwork castle in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Barnard Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barnard Castle Bridge and Bowes Museum.
Bowes Museum
Museum
The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892. Bowes Museum is situated 2,300 feet east of Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote.
Market Cross
Monument
Photo: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle Market Cross is an octagonal construction in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. It was built in 1747 by Thomas Breaks and is a Grade I listed building. Market Cross is situated 690 feet southeast of Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Startforth and Westwick.
Startforth
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.
Westwick
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westwick is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Whorlton. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle near the River Tees. Westwick is situated 1½ miles east of Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote.
Boldron
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Boldron is situated 1½ miles southwest of Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote.
Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
- Categories: ringwork castle, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.54333° or 54° 32′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.92635° or 1° 55′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6WG3VF+8FOpenStreetMap ID
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building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q17644043
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