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New Hall Tower

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Description:'New Hall or Cliffords Tower (Site of)' is depicted on the 1st edition 6" OS map. (1) On the high pinnacle of the Forest of Cookrise near Waterford Water Fall Gill the Cliffords built a watch or hunting tower overlooking that of the Nortons. It is mentioned in a boundary perambulation of c.1600. (2-3) Surveyed at 6" scale. Only a small mound of heather covered masonry within the vague outline of the foundations remains. These measure 6m by 5.7m. (4) Condition unchanged. Outline of foundations surveyed at 1:10,000. (5)
Parish:Embsay with Eastby
District:Craven
County:North Yorkshire
Grid reference:SD984565
Map reference: [ EPSG:27700 ] 398415, 456545
Periods:1600 - 1900
POST MEDIEVAL
LATE C19
Subjects:WATCH TOWER
Identifiers:[ ADS ] Depositor ID - MYD3938
[ ADS ] Associated ID - Monarch UID 46411
[ ADS ] Associated ID - National Monuments Record SD 95 NE 12

People Involved:

  • [ Publisher ] Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
  • [ Publisher ] Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

Bibliographic References:

  • Ordnance Survey (nd) OS Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comment, R.W. Emsley, 04/05/1976
  • Ordnance Survey (nd) OS Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comment, R.L. Lewis, 27/07/1965
  • Ordnance Survey (185*) 1st edition 6" Ordnance Survey Map
  • Bogg, E. (1904) Higher Wharfedale, Pg.278
  • Whitaker, T.D. (1878) History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven (3rd edition), Pg.442