Bowlees is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Bowlees postcode: DL12 0XF

Retail in Bowlees

There are great places to visit near Bowlees including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Bowlees.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are great places to visit near Bowlees if you like towns.

Bowlees is near some unmissable country parks like Hardwick Country Park,

Teesside International Airport is one of Bowlees's best, nearby airports to visit in Bowlees.

Bowlees History

There are some historic monuments around Bowlees:

• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Crosshill Stone at Grains o' th' Beck
• Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Hut circle and enclosure 350m north west of Tarn Dub
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
• Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
• Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall
• Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
• Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Medieval farmstead at Pasture Foot, 510m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken Rigg
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Romano-British and medieval settlement and field systems,leadmines and charcoal pit on Crossthwaite Common, south of Park End Quarry
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck
• Roman period native settlement at Calf Holm, immediately west of Dine Holm Scar
• Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Medieval farmstead, bloomery, charcoal pits and late prehistoric settlement at Pasture Foot, 300m west of Bleabeck Force
• Prehistoric settlement and burnt mound at Bleabeck Washfold
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cambokeels medieval site
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Enclosure NW of Old Park House
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Roman period native settlement, medieval bloomery, building and track, and a charcoal pit at Keld Smithy Green, Holwick Fell
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Iron Age cemetery, early medieval enclosure and medieval farmstead with a long boundary, Middle Hurth Edge
• Westgate Castle
• Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm
• Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth
• Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale