CRANBORNE CHASE : HAMBLEDON HILL (630 ft) - jutting out from the western escarpment of the Chase, is crowned by one of Britain's finest hill-forts. The lone hiker looks down over the Blackmoor Vale and the village of Child Okeford.
HORTON TOWER, Cranborne Chase, otherwise known as Sturt's Folly, stands 140 feet high and was once considered to be the tallest non-religious building in the country. Built in 1750 by the local MP, architect and Lord of the Manor, Humphrey Sturt, who may have used it as an astronomical observatory. Now a ruin though it contains modern telecommunications aerials. North Eastern aspect. ref: 01.6/2/23(2)
CRANBORNE CHASE : hikers on the ramparts of imposing hillfort that crowns HAMBLEDON HILL - the view is southwards across the Stour Gap towards the 'scarp of the North Dorset Downs.
DORSET - Cranborne Chase : Horton Tower folly - otherwise known as Sturt's Folly - stands 140 feet high and was once considered to be the tallest non-religious building in the country. Built in 1750 by the local MP, architect and local Squire, Humphrey Sturt, who may have used it as an astronomical observatory. Now a ruin though it contains modern telecommunications aerials. N.W. aspect. ref: 01.6/2/17(2)
CRANBORNE CHASE, Wiltshire : hikers on WIN GREEN HILL, at 909 ft altitude, the highest point in the Chase and close to the Dorset border. The Ashcombe Valley lies below.
The Folly at the Rushmore Estate on the Cranborne Chase, Dorset, UK. It is situatd on private property near the Larmer Tree and is of recent construction.
The Folly at the Rushmore Estate on the Cranborne Chase, Dorset, UK. It is situatd on private property near the Larmer Tree and is of recent construction. It is situatd on private property near the Larmer Tree and is of recent construction.