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Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire

Belvoir Castle Belvoir Castle (pronounced beaver) is a grand stately home in Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir. It is a Grade I listed building. The castle is the seat of the Dukes of Rutland; a corner of the castle provides their family home, and the grounds contain the family mausoleum. John Leland, the antiquary, wrote in the 16th century that the "castle stands on the very nape of a high hill, steep up each way, partly by nature, partly by the working of men's hands". (Read more)