What is recorded here

Harewood Castle stands as a fourteenth-century stone fortress on a steep Leeds slope, its rectangular keep and corner towers still visible for miles. Sir William de Aldeburgh received a licence to crenellate in 1366 after marrying Elizabeth de Lisle, yet the property changed hands repeatedly until debt forced a sale in 1600. It stopped being a home, became a source of building material, and survived only as a landmark for painters and memory.

The National Heritage List for England records Harewood Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Harewood Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Lacy family, a prominent Norman noble lineage. It is remembered for its strategic importance in the defense of the northern English border during the medieval period.

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