Fox Tower
Fox Tower is a tower built by John Metcalf Carleton, an industrial entrepreneur, as a folly in 1775 on his large estate next to Brough, a village in Cumbria, England.Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: folly tower in Helbeck, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fox Tower To North-West Of Helbeck Hall”, “Fox Tower, Brough”, and “Fox Tower, Cumbria”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.
Brough Castle
Ruins
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. Brough Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Fox Tower.
Verterae
Archaeological site
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman road in the north of England. Verterae is situated 1½ miles south of Fox Tower.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 1½ miles south of Fox Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough and Flitholme.
Brough
Village
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.
Flitholme
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flitholme is a hamlet in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Flitholme is situated 2 miles southwest of Fox Tower.
Great Musgrave
Village
Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. Great Musgrave is situated 2 miles southwest of Fox Tower.
Fox Tower
- Categories: folly tower and historic site
- Location: Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.54126° or 54° 32′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.33087° or 2° 19′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C6VGMR9+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 540653222OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q5477012
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