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Tower of Saint David's Ruin in Ruin Bank Wood, Harden

Full view of Saint David's Folly in Ruin Bank Wood near Harden, formerly part of St Ives Estate

Ruin Bank Wood pine plantation with Saint David' Folly in the background

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A walk near Ruin Bank Wood and the Black Hills

Access to Saint David's Ruin is on private land, so we are unable to provide directions to it. However, a nearby walk passes close to Ruin Bank Wood and through the Black Hills just above.

Black Hills Walk & Harden Village Walk

Subject: Saint David's Ruin, also known as Ferrand's Folly or Harden Grange Folly in Ruin Bank Wood, Harden
Location: Ruin Bank Wood between Harden and Cottingley, Bank Top, Harden, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1UA
Author: Cedric Farineau
Year Taken: 2015
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Mary Ventress

5th December 2017 | Reply

It looks very different to when I was a child and often accompanied my father who along with his brother was a forester in Cottingley woods. (Joe Eaton estate). Nobody much knew it was there and it was surrounded by rocky land and forest.