English Heritage sites near Bolam Parish
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
5 miles from Bolam Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
5 miles from Bolam Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
6 miles from Bolam Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
9 miles from Bolam Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
BARNARD CASTLE
9 miles from Bolam Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
BOWES CASTLE
13 miles from Bolam Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.