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Wraysholme Tower

England
List entry 1007154
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007154
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SD 38325 75421
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wraysholme Tower is a medieval fortified tower located in Lancashire, dating from the fourteenth century. The structure served a defensive function typical of border fortifications erected during the period of Anglo-Scottish conflict. Built of stone in a compact, robust form characteristic of pele towers of the region, it represents the kind of local stronghold that provided refuge and protection for residents and livestock during times of raid and unrest. The tower survives as a substantial example of medieval military architecture from north-west England.

Wraysholme Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007154. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wraysholme Tower?

Wraysholme Tower is a medieval fortified tower located in Lancashire, dating from the fourteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007154.

Who is responsible for protecting Wraysholme Tower?

Wraysholme Tower 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 1007154.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wraysholme Tower?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirkhead Cave (0.8 km), World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Cark (1 km), Peter Hill, Cark (1.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Kirkhead Cave
0.8 km
World War II fighter pens and other airfield remains and defences of the former airfield of RAF Cark
1 km
Peter Hill, Cark
1.9 km
Cartmel Augustinian Priory medieval gatehouse and parts of the priory precinct
3.5 km
Castlehead Bridge, Grange
5.7 km
Frith Hall
6.2 km
Lowwood gunpowder works
9.1 km
Backbarrow ironworks
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wraysholme Tower

Wraysholme Tower stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Birkby, Yorkshire →
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