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Norton Tower, Yorkshire

Norton Tower is the ruins of a 16th-century hunting lodge near Rylstone, Yorkshire, in the West Riding. 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. The ruin stands on Norotn Tower Hill 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. It is within the council area of North Yorkshire.
Historic England Grade II Listed 1316832.

Place Type: Tudor Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: West Riding
Lat, Long: 54.00931,-2.0382327
Grid Reference: SD 9759 5703
Civil Parish: Rylstone CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA

GBPN ID: 303562
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Norton_Tower,_Yorkshire_303562

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