Norton Tower
Norton Tower is a ruined building near Rylstone, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed as a hunting lodge with space for banqueting, probably in about 1540.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sharp Haw and Embsay Reservoir.
Sharp Haw
Peak
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sharp Haw is a hill on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, located just within the National Park. Being the last outpost of the hills before the broad Aire valley, and with a sharp summit from many angles, it is prominent and easily recognisable from much of the area to the south.
Embsay Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Neil T, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embsay Reservoir is located above the village of Embsay, near Skipton in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies water to the north and west of Skipton, feeding 25,000 homes. It has a dam height of 24 m. Embsay Reservoir is situated 2 miles southeast of Norton Tower.
Upper Barden Reservoir
Reservoir
Upper Barden Reservoir is an upland fresh water reservoir, one of two reservoirs that collect water from Barden Moor, and dam Barden Beck, a tributary of the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. Upper Barden Reservoir is situated 2½ miles east of Norton Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rylstone and Hetton.
Rylstone
Village
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Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about 6 miles south west of Grassington.
Hetton
Village
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Hetton is a small Dales village in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 5.75 miles north of Skipton by the B6265 road.
Flasby
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flasby is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the two settlements, with Winterburn, in the civil parish of Flasby with Winterburn. Flasby is situated 2 miles west of Norton Tower.
Norton Tower
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: building in Rylstone, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rylstone, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.0093° or 54° 0′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.03809° or 2° 2′ 17″ westInception
~1540Open location code
9C6V2X56+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 702373991OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q26603104
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