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Belvoir Castle (/ ˈ b iː v ər / ⓘ BEE-vər) [1] is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi (10 km) west of the town of Grantham and 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Melton Mowbray.
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, [1] also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa ( Arabic : كوكب الهوا , lit. 'Star of the Wind'), is a Crusader castle in northern Israel , on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau , on the edge of Lower Galilee 20 ...
The village's name derives from bel-vedeir meaning 'the beautiful view'. [1] It was the location of Belvoir Priory. Iron ore was formerly quarried in the parish and details can be found in the articles on Knipton and Harston. The quarries were near Harston, to the south of Knipton and between Belvoir and Knipton.
The south-eastern margin is the most clearly defined because it is formed by a conspicuous scarp slope, on which Belvoir Castle sits about 330 feet (100 m) above the valley floor. Its resistance to erosion is due to a capping of relatively thick Jurassic Ironstone. The vale-like form is further constrained by cappings of ancient glacial till ...
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Belvoir Castle (Israel), a Crusader (Hospitaller) castle in the Jordan Valley Battle of Belvoir Castle, a military campaign involving that castle; Belveer/Beauverium, a Crusader castle near Jerusalem: see Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
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