Mowbray Castle near Grewelthorpe
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Mowbray Castle near Grewelthorpe
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 15 May 2013
One of Hackfall's follies, a Gothick tower perched high up atop the gorge. Grade II listed. Pevsner describes Hackfall as a "pre-eminent example of a Sublime landscape pleasure ground of the mid C18, formed c1750 by William Aislabie of Studley Royal". He chose a dramatic wooded gorge through which wends the River Ure. Dotted around the site are various romantic structures, mostly ruinous by design since a recent restoration. The 120-acre area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, owned by the Woodland Trust, managed by the Hackfall Trust, and listed grade I on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.188144
Longitude
-1.640761