Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603104

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)