The earliest albarrana towers were often pentagonal or octagonal in plan (e.g. Badajoz, Tarifa, Seville) but later a rectangular plan became the norm. The only known albarrana tower in England can be found at
Pontefract Castle. The castle now lies in ruins, but the remains of an albarrana tower called Swillington Tower are still visible just to the north of the castle's
slighted curtain wall. Some known albarrana towers are: •
Torre de Espantaperros in
Badajoz, Spain. Probably the first albarrana tower, built by
Abu Yaqub Yusuf in 1170. Its plan is octagonal. •
Torre del Oro,
Torre de la Plata in
Sevilla •
Torre de la Malmuerta in
Cordoba • Town of
Talavera de la Reina near
Toledo with several albarrana towers •
Òdena castle near Barcelona •
Castle of Paderne in Portugal • 2 albarrana towers in the Santa Catalina castle in
Jaén • Castle of
Loulé in Portugal , Yorkshire ==Gallery==