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Anglesey; antiquity; architecture; column; estate; folly; imposing; landmark; memorial; military; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; rural; statue; tower; tower, ; Wales; whimsy; soldier; Henry Paget; Llanfairpwll; Marquess of Anglesey; commemoration

Isle of Anglesey : the Anglesey Column, some 90 feet in height, was completed in 1817 as a tribute to Henry Paget, Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) who, as an aide to the Duke of Wellington, lost a leg at Waterloo. It stands close to the village of Llanfairpwll and overlooks the Menai Strait. ref: 04.1/3/5(01)

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Buckinghamshire; Capability Brown; column; estate; folly; landmark; landscape garden; Lord Cobham; obelisk; park; pillar; portrait format.; Stowe; tower

Buckinghamshire - STOWE : the 104 foot high, octagonal COBHAM COLUMN - with a statue of Lord Cobham on its summit - was built in 1749 probably by Capability Brown himself. ref: 07.3/15/12

19th Century; antiquity; bizarre; Bremhill; causeway; Chippenham; column; England; folly; hill top; historical; imposing; landmark; landscape format; legendary; market woman; Marquess of Lansdowne; Maud Heath; memorial; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; rural; statue; tower; Victorian; viewpoint; Wessex; Wick Hill; Wiltshire

Wiltshire - Bremhill near Chippenham : MAUD HEATH's Column stands on the brow of Wick Hill, looking down over the vale towards her causeway into Chippenham. Maud, the market woman who in 1474 commissioned the causeway to be built across the marshes into Chippenham, sits on top of the column complete with her shopping basket. The column was erected in 1838 by the Marquess of Lansdowne and the Rev. Bowles, vicar of Bremhill. ref: 21410

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WILTON HOUSE, Wiltshire : ornamental column in Corinthian style stands in the extensive grounds ref: 07.3/28/18

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Bremhill, Wiltshire : The Maud Heath Column stands on the crest of Wick Hill near Bremhill overlooking the vale and her Causeway into Chippenham. On its summit sits Maud Heath, the medieval market woman who in 1474 commissioned a Causeway across the marshes into town. The column was erected in 1838 by the Marquess of Lansdowne and the Rev Bowles, Vicar of Bremhill. ref: 21411

18th century; Ailesbury Column; antiquity; architecture; building; column; Earl of Ailesbury; England; estate; folly; forest; inscription; King George lll; landmark; memorial; pillar; portrait format; rural; Savernake; statue; stone; Wiltshire

Savernake Forest, Wiltshire : the AILESBURY COLUMN was erected in honour of King George lll by the Earl of Ailesbury in 1781. ref: 01.6/31/19(41)

antiquity; architecture; Charles ll; Chilterns; classical; column; England; estate; folly; forest; Hertfordshire; historical; Ionic; King Charles; landmark; Merry Monarch; Nell Gwyn; obelisk; pillar; portrait format; romantic; Tring; Tring Park; woodland

Chiltern Hills, Hertfordshire - TRING PARK : the Nell Gwyn Obelisk dates to the 1720s. The famous Courtesan is supposed to have kept tryst with King Charles ll in the Park. ref: 03401

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BATH : Kennet & Avon Canal -this ornate chimney is all that remains of Widcombe Locks Punmping Station. ref: 07.6/1/24(13)

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EAST LOTHIAN : this red sandstone obelisk, erected in 1858, standing on a steep escarpment overlooking Traprain Law and not far from East Linton village, commemorates local worthy James Maitland Balfour, father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) ref: 02.9/2/13(13)

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OXFORDSHIRE - RIDGEWAY DOWN : the Lord Wantage Column commemorates local magnate Robert Lindsay, VC, KCB, Baron Wantage 1834-1901. It stands beside the Ridgeway on the crest of the downs above the Lockinge Valley. ref: 02825

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Monument to the People?s Heroes, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

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Monument to the People?s Heroes, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

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LONDON - the memorial obelisk erected in 1853 on the riverfront at Greenwich to the "Intrepid Young Bellot" - the French Naval officer who tried uinsuccessfully to rescue Sir John Franklin in the High Arctic and shared his fate. ref: 11741

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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Moidart, West Highlands : a figure of a kilted Highlander crowns the monument to the 1745 Rebellion at Glen Finnan at the head of Loch Shiel - the site where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard. ref: 02.6/7/10(01)

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

antiquity; architecture; Bible; Bishop Morgan; Cathedral; cathedral close; city; column; commemoration; figures; folly; inscription; language; memorial; pillar; plaque; portrait format; religious; St.Asaph; statue; stone; translation; Wales; whimsy

St.Asaph, North Wales : the Bishop Morgan Memorial stands in the Cathedral precinct. It commemorates the Bishop who translated the Bible into Welsh in 1558. ref: 04.2/3/1(01)

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Serpent Column and Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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WIMPOLE, Cambridgeshire : This is the Tower of Wimpole's Folly, an extensive sham medieval castle designed by Sanderson Miller for the Earl of Hardwicke in 1751 but actually built by Capability Brown in 1769. ref: 07.3/14/24

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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PEMBROKESHIRE - Milford Haven : a 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Tower at Pembroke Dock, one of several built in 1857 against a potential French attack. This one stands at Llanreath Bay close to the old Naval Dockyard. The village of Hazebeach lies on the far - northern - shore of the Haven where the Coast Path follows the shore line. ref: 1026583

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Monument to the People?s Heroes and Great Hall of the People, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

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Tourists visiting the Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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Tourists visiting the Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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Tourists visiting the Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

Bilsington; obelisk; 52ft; memorial; 1834; Sir William Cosway; folly; follies; Kent; England; UK; sunset; historic; landmark; countryside; country; rural; red sky;

Bilsington obelisk at sunset

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Tourists visiting the Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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Tourists visiting the Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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Tourists visiting the Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey

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The Column of Constantine in the Hippodrome, and minarets of Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

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ABERDEEN : allegorical figures representing the Riches of Commerce stand above the magnificent granite portico of what is now the Archibald Simpson Bar at No.5 Castle Street. Built between 1839 and 1842 as the headquarters of the North of Scotland Bank, the building was considered the masterpiece of Archibald Simpson, the famous "Architect of Aberdeen" . ref: 02.8/5/10(01)

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LONDON, The City : THE MONUMENT in Billingsgate was designed by Sir Christopher Wren to mark the spot where the 1666 Great Fire of London finally petered out. ref:(01.1/1/22)

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PEMBROKESHIRE : One of several 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Towers - known incorrectly as 'Martello Towers' - built in 1851 to defend Milford Haven against a potential French attack. This one stands beside the wall of the old Naval Dockyard at Pembroke Dock and is now a museum. ref: 1026590

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Blackdown Hills, Somerset : the WELLINGTON OBELISK, built in 1817-18 to commemorate the Iron Duke, stands on the crest of the Blackdown Hills overlooking the Vale of Taunton Deane and the little town of Wellington itself. ref: 1035489

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EAST LOTHIAN : this inscribed plaque on a tall, red sandstone obelisk standing on an escarpment overlooking Traprain Law, commemorates James Maitland Balfour, father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) ref: 02.9/2/15 (13)

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The FAULSTON DOVECOTE - dates to late Tudor times and according to John Aubrey was one of four that surrounded moated Fulston House near Bishopstone in the Ebble Valley of Wiltshire. ref: 01-6-32-24(28)

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Scottish Borders : at Dryburgh Abbey - this sandstone memorial pillar to King James 1st of Scotland stands among the ruins of the abbey founded by his predecessor King David 1st in 1150. ref: 07.1/6/10

18th century; antiquity; burial place; Dorking; downs; England; folly; grave; Greensand Hills; hill top; imposing; landmark; landscape format; Leith Hill; North Downs; portrait format; Richard Hill; rural; Surrey; tomb; tower; viewpoint

Greensand Hills, Surrey ; Leith Hill (965 ft) is crowned by this 64 foot Tower, built in 1766 by Richard Hill who is buried within. ref: 1011974

18th century; antiquity; architecture; astronomy; bizarre; building; Cranborne Chase; Dorset; England; fantasy; folly; Horton; Horton Folly; Humphrey Sturt; imposing; landmark; landscape format; lonely; observatory; remote; ruin; rural; Sturt's Folly; telecommunications; tower; track

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)

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The Egyptian Obelisk in the Hippodrome, and minaret of Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

18th century; accident; antiquity; architecture; Ashley; Beware Chalk Pit; bizarre; Farley Down; folly; Hampshire; horse; landmark; memorial; obelisk; pyramid; Hunters Plate

Ashley, Hampshire : the BEWARE CHALK PIT momument on Farley Down. This obelisk was erected in the memory of a horse named Beware Chalk Pit which, having saved the owner's life when falling into the chalk pit the previous year, went on to win the Hunters Plate at Worthy Down Races in October 1734. ref: 07.5/2/6

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An ancient column in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece

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LONDON - The City : view northwards across the Thames from London Bridge approaches. THE MONUMENT ( by Wren - to commemorate the 1666 Great Fire of London ) rises at centre with the 600 foot NAT WEST TOWER beyond. ref: (01.1/1/12)

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This National Monument folly is a replica of the Parthenon in Athens

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Anglesey, North Wales : the celebrated Victorian TREE HOUSE was built among the branches of a large plane tree in the grounds of PLAS NEWYDD on the shores of the Menai Strait. ref; 1025861

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Essex - AUDLEY END : the Bull motive of the Howard family graces the West Gate. ref: 1006052

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An ancient column in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece

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An ancient column in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece

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Essex - AUDLEY END : the Lion Gate, southern aspect. This is the main entrance to the mansion itself. ref: 07.3/22/01

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South Pennines - Calderdale : the STOODLEY PIKE monument stands at an altitude of 1,280 feet beside the Pennine Way high up on the moors above Hebden Bridge and the Calderdale valley. S.W. aspect. Standing 120 feet high, it was built in 1815 to commemorate the Peace of Ghent and the Abdication of Napoleon after the Battle of Waterloo. ref: 1034028

Appuldurcombe Park; distance; England; estate; folly; hiker; historic; Isle of Wight; landscape format; memorial; park; rural; walker; Worsley Obelisk; Wroxall; 18th century; Sir Robert Worsley; ruin; truncated; hill top; summit; Appuldurcombe Down; hiker; Howell

ISLE of WIGHT : Ian Howell at the WORSLEY OBELISK that crowns the northern crest of APPULDURCOMBE DOWN ( 673 ft ) above Wroxall village. The granite obelisk was erected in 1774 in memory of local squire Sir Robert Worsley who died in 1747. ref: 13255

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LONGLEAT, Wiltshire : Lord Bath's array of carved granite monoliths at Heaven's Gate, the hilltop overlooking the Longleat Estate. They were created by sculptor Paul Norris to celebrate the Millennium. ref: 14821

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DERBYSHIRE - the White Peak : at ILLAM HALL, a National Trust property in Manifold Dale, the Gentleman's toilet is situated in this bizarre folly tower. ref: 07.3/19/7

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Bath; battlements; bizarre; building; castle; city; deception; England; fake; fantasy; folly; Gothic; hill top; imposing; landmark; portal; Ralph Allen; romantic; sham; viewpoint; Wessex; runner; person; distant view; Sham Castle; arch; gateway; wall; portrait format.

BATH - the city is seen through the arched gateway of SHAM CASTLE, the folly built on a hilltop overlooking the city by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen in the mid-1700s to improve the view from his house on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/18(01)

antiquity; architecture; building; castle; crag; England; folly; gritstone; heritage; imposing; landmark; Mow Cop; portrait format; rock; ruin; rural; sham; Staffordshire; stonework; tower, Biddulph,

Staffordshire : MOW COP is a 1754 folly tower built on an 1,100 foot hill on the Cheshire border near Biddulph at the far western edge of the Peak District uplands. It commands wide views as far as the Welsh mountains. ref: 1008059 (01.5/12/8)

18th century; antiquity; architecture; astronomy; bizarre; building; Cranborne Chase; Dorset; folly; Horton; Horton Folly; Humphrey Sturt; Humphrey Sturt; imposing; landmark; landscape format; lonely; observatory; remote; ruin; rural; Sturt's Folly; telecommunications; tower; tower,

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)

Folly follies memorial obelisk tower

The Somerset Monument was built by Lewis Vulliamy in 1846 in memory of Robert Edward Henry Somerset, nephew of the Sixth Duke of Beaufort. He was a general at the Battle of Waterloo of 1815, and died in 1842.

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Carved stone column, Ephesus, Turkey

Folly follies memorial English civil war

The windmill obelisk, erected in 1823 by Edward Fitzgerald, stands on the site occupied on the day of the battle by a windmill. It marks the spot to where Captain-General Sir Thomas Fairfax marched the New Model Army.

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One of the two towers that flank the Stele Pavilion, at the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, near Hue, Vietnam

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Buckinghamshire - STOWE : the CORINTHIAN ARCH was built at the northern end of the Grand Aveue in 1765 on the orders of Lord Camelford. Sixty feet high and sixty feet wide, it actually contains two, four storeyed gamekeepers' cottages. ref: 07.3/15/10

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One of the two towers that flank the Stele Pavilion, at the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, near Hue, Vietnam

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Washington memorial, National Mall, Washington, D.C., USA

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SOUTH PENNINES, Rivington Moor : the peculiar DOVECOTE FOLLY above the terraced gardens of Lever Park stands on the lip of the open moor high above Bolton. ref: 01.4/1/7(35)

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PAXTON's TOWER is a neo-gothic folly built in 1811 by Sir William Paxton in honour of Admiral Lord Nelson - it stands on a hilltop near Llanarthney in Carmarthenshire. Western elevation. ref: 07.5/1/10

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BATH : Beckford's Tower ( Henry Goodridge 1827 ) stands on the crest of Lansdown Hill overlooking the city. In the foreground is the massive tomb of William Beckford himself (died 1844) ref: 01.6/34/1(01)

Ashton Memorial, Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England; white stone; green dome; trees; bushes; park; parkland; prominent landmark; imposing

The Ashton Memorial houses an outdoor viewing gallery and an art gallery. Browse around the gift shop or enjoy a selection of light meals, snacks, drinks and homemade cakes in the Pavilion tea room. The Ashton Memorial was commissioned by Lord Ashton as a tribute to his late wife. Born in Lancaster, Lord Ashton became a millionaire producing oil cloth and linoleum which was exported from the port all over the world. It serve as reminder of the importance of Lancaster as a thriving commercial centre, not only in times past but now in the 21st century. The first floor outdoor viewing gallery provides superb views of the surrounding countryside and across Morecambe Bay. On the left of the picture above you can see Lancaster Castle and the Priory Church, moving right the River Lune flows gracefully through the historic city and out into the bay beyond. The Lakeland hills are clearly visible and it is possible to see Blackpool Tower and the Isle of Man. The stonework reflects the colour of the sun and can be seen in hues from pale yellow through pure white to deep orange depending on the time of day and offers an image of inspiration and contemplation.

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Lincoln Memorial in the form of a Greek Doric temple, Washington D.C., USA,

18th century; antiquity; architecture; Armoury House; battlements; building; castle; city; City Road; England; fantasy; folly; fortress; HAC; Honourable Artillery Company; imposing; landscape format; London; military; sham; soldier; street

CITY of LONDON : Armoury House is the HQ of the Honourable Artillery Company ( the HAC ) on City Road. The original building dates to 1735 but with many later additions. ref: 19434

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Lincoln Memorial, National Mall, Washington D.C., USA,

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Derbyshire : the EARL GREY or 'REFORM' Tower stands on the eastern lip of Stanton Moor overlooking the Derwent Valley down to Matlock. Built by the Thornhills of nearby Stanton Hall, it commemorates the passing of Prime Minister Earl Grey's 1832 Electoral Reform Bill. ref: 21413

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A row of stunted columns, Olympia, Greece

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An ancient column in the Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece

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Marquess of Anglesey statue on top of column at Llanfair P.G. Anglesey,North Wales.

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OBAN, West Highlands : the strange classical Colosseum of McCaig's Folly - or 'Tower' - dominates Railway Quay and the busy harbour. Commanding spectacular views over the Firth of Lorne to the Hebrides, the Folly was built in 1890 by successful local banker and philanthropist, John Stuart McCaig, to provide work for local people. ref: 02.7/6/12(50)

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The Philippeion, Olympia, Greece

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The Philippeion, Olympia, Greece

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The Philippeion, Olympia, Greece

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ISLE of RHUM : the Bullough family Mausoleum stands on the remote foreshore at the mouth of Glen Harris. Peaks of the Rhum Cuillin rise beyond - L>R : Barkeval, Hallival, Tralival and Ainshval. ref: 1005383 03.2/1/7(9)

Folly, follies, memorial, white horse chalk carving, lansdowne Cherhill Down

The Cherhill, or Lansdowne, Monument, erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne in memory of the physician and surveyor, Sir William Petty.

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Wilton House, Wiltshire : 'The Herald' overlooks the southern facade of the mansion. ref: 23058

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WELSH BOTANIC GARDEN, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire : faux Japanese milestone in the 'Japanese Garden' ref: 19330

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BODNANT GARDENS, Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy Valley : view over the Canal Terrace to the Pin Mill pavilion folly. ref: 07.3/10/4

Hieroglyphs, obelisk fragments, obelisks, symbols, broken, fragments, monuments, memorials, old, ancient, Egyptian, Egypt, British Museum, London, exhibits, history, historic, MSRW631, MSRW651, IPSV5264, IPSV1166,

Hieroglyph covered Egyptian obelisk fragments in the British Museum. From an illustration in an 1840 book.

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The Philippeion, Olympia, Greece

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The Philippeion, Olympia, Greece

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Greensand Hills, Surrey : LEITH HILL - Richard Hill built this 64 foot TOWER on the 965 foot summit of the hill in 1766 - and is buried within. The view from the top extends from London to the English Channel. ref: 01.6/12/12(7)

Obelisk, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, Folly, follies, war memorial

The obelisk at Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire with hall in the background

Obelisk, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, Folly, follies, war memorial

The war memorial inscription showing on the obelisk at Capesthorne Hall Cheshire