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Latitude: 54.0093 / 54°0'33"N
Longitude: -2.0382 / 2°2'17"W
OS Eastings: 397592
OS Northings: 457033
OS Grid: SD975570
Mapcode National: GBR GQ62.JJ
Mapcode Global: WHB71.NHM7
Plus Code: 9C6V2X56+PP
Entry Name: Norton Tower
Listing Date: 6 October 1969
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1316832
English Heritage Legacy ID: 324823
ID on this website: 101316832
Location: North Yorkshire, BD23
County: North Yorkshire
District: Craven
Civil Parish: Rylstone
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Tagged with: Building
SE 95 NE B6265
(east side, off)
6/69 Norton Tower
6.10.69
II
Remains of tower. Probably C16 for Richard Norton. Coursed gritstone. A
square structure, approximately 10 metres x 15 metres, the corners
standing approximately 3 metres high but the walls slighted. Original
entrance probably on the south side, remains of a fireplace and stone newel
stair on east side, no windows survive. The ruin stands among extensive
earthworks and is only one part of an important archaeological site which
includes rabbit warrens (pillow mounds) and probably prehistoric field
clearance cairns to the south. The building was a hunting lodge of the
Nortons of Rylstone and Norton Conyers and was slighted after the family's
involvement in the Rising of the North, 1569.
Listing NGR: SD9759257033
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