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Barden Tower is a medieval fortified house located in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. Built in the fifteenth century as a hunting lodge and fortified residence, the tower served the lords of the manor of Barden and formed part of their estate within the forest landscape of Upper Wharfedale. The surviving structure comprises a substantial stone tower with defensive characteristics typical of its period, and the wider monument encompasses associated medieval garden earthworks that reflect the domestic and recreational use of the site. These earthworks, visible in the landscape surrounding the tower, provide evidence of the estate's organization and the gardens that would have served the medieval household.
Barden Tower medieval fortified house and medieval garden earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015417. View the official record →
Barden Tower is a medieval fortified house located in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015417.
Barden Tower medieval fortified house and medieval garden earthworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015417.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late prehistoric enclosed settlement with an outlying bank and ditch on Counter Hill, 220m north east of Moorcock Hall (7.4 km), Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of derelict wall on Bradley Moor, 70m south west of Low Edge Farm (7.7 km), Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane (7.8 km).
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