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Summary

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Cowton_Castle" class="extiw" title="w:South Cowton Castle">South Cowton Castle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cowton" class="extiw" title="w:North Cowton">North Cowton</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> The castle stands on a low hill amidst quiet pastoral countryside. It was built for Sir Richard Conyers in 1487, which is very late for a true castle [which it is not]. The building is more of a country house with defensive capabilities - rather like that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappa_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Nappa Hall">Nappa Hall</a> in Wensleydale (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system" class="extiw" title="en:British national grid reference system">grid reference</a> <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/os/coor_g/?pagename=File:Cowton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1104614_cropped.jpg&params=SD+966+907_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000">SD 966 907</a>) which is of similar age.

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current	02:41, 13 January 2017		523 × 360 (70 KB)	127.0.0.1 (talk)	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Cowton_Castle" class="extiw" title="w:South Cowton Castle">South Cowton Castle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cowton" class="extiw" title="w:North Cowton">North Cowton</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> The castle stands on a low hill amidst quiet pastoral countryside. It was built for Sir Richard Conyers in 1487, which is very late for a true castle [which it is not]. The building is more of a country house with defensive capabilities - rather like that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappa_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Nappa Hall">Nappa Hall</a> in Wensleydale (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system" class="extiw" title="en:British national grid reference system">grid reference</a> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/os/coor_g/?pagename=File:Cowton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1104614_cropped.jpg&params=SD+966+907_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000">SD 966 907</a></span>) which is of similar age.

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