THE historic remains of Hapton Tower look set to be preserved after councillors reached a deal with the developers of a windfarm.
Councillors wanted the developers behind plans to install three more wind turbines on Hameldon Hill to move one of them to protect the remains of the 500-year-old Tower.
The history of the tower remains something of a mystery with only some of the walls and stones remaining at the site today.
An agreement has now been reached that will see developers proceed with the plans, but they will fence off the site of the Tower while work goes on.
Coun Roger Frost said: “We wanted the area around the site to be protected so that work could be done to look into the site more in the future.
“As a result of this there is the possibility that research into the history of Hapton Tower can still be carried out at a future date.”
The Tower was built by Sir John Towneley in 1510, a year into the reign of Henry VIII, and some of the Towneley family lived at the tower instead of Towneley Hall.
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