Bowes Castle, Durham, c1980-c2017. Artist: Historic England Staff Photographer.

---

Bowes Castle, Durham, c1980-c2017. View of the keep from the south-east. The stone castle at Bowes was built in the early 1170s by order of King Henry II. It withstood an attack by the Scots in the Great Revolt of 1173-1174.

---

Size: 5108px × 3422px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Durham
Photo credit: © Historic England Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1173-1174, 12th, ages, anjou, architectural, architecture, bowes, britain, british, building, buildings, castle, century, country, curtmantle, defence, durham, england, english, exterior, fitzempress, fortification, henry, heritage, historic, ii, king, location, medieval, middle, outdoors, photograph, photographer, plantagenet, rebellion, revolt, ruin, ruined, ruins, staff, tgn, tower