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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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Paxtons Tower a folly overlooking the Twyi Valley at Llanarthney Carmarthenshire

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Paxton's Tower stands overlooking the Towy Valley near the village of Llanarthne,Carmarthenshire. It is also known as "Nelson's Folly" because stories have it that William Paxton built it as a tribute to Lord Nelson.

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Paxton's Tower, Llanarthne, Carmarthen, Wales. Built between 1808-1815 by Sir William Paxton to commemorate Nelson's victories. Now owned by the National Trust

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The folly known as Paxton Tower, Carnarthenshire

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Paxton's Tower, Llanarthne, Carmarthen, Wales. Built between 1808-1815 by Sir William Paxton to commemorate Nelson's victories. Now owned by the National Trust

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The folly known as Paxton Tower, Carmarthenshire

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Paxton's Tower was built about 1811 to designs by S. P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. Behind the foot of the Tower is the finer view embracing the whole vale of the Tywi, whose green windings your eye can follow for 30 miles or more.

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Paxton Tower was built about 1811 to desighns by S.P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. The vew from the tower is the whole vale of Tywi whose green windings your eye can follow for 30 miles.

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OBAN, West Highlands : McCaig's Folly or 'Tower' overlooks the port of Oban with a fine view out towards the hills of Mull. It was built by the banker, John Stuart McCaig, to provide work for the local unemployed. ref: 07.5/1/2

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Paxton Tower was built about 1811 to desighns by S.P. Cockerell as a memorial to Nelson, but also as an eye-catcher for Middleton Hall, long since demolished, but whose footprint is now preserved at the heart of the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.

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Clwydian Hills, North Wales : ruins of the 'Jubilee Tower' folly crown the summit of Moel Fammau (1,817 ft) , the highest point in the Clwydians. It was built in 1810 to commemorate the Jubilee of George lll. The Offa's Dyke National Trail passes right by. ref: 04.2/4/11(01)

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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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BATH : hilltop SHAM CASTLE overlooking the city was commissioned in the mid 1700s by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/15(01)

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BATH : SHAM CASTLE was built on a hilltop overlooking the city in the mid-1700s by the entrepreneur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade. ref: 07.6/1/16(01)

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WILTSHIRE : the PEPPERBOX (or Eyre's Folly) was built by local landowner Gyles Eyre about 1650. The hexagonal brick building stands at 525 ft altitude on Pepperbox Hill above West Grimstead to the S.E. of Salisbury. ref: Dscn2007

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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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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)

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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)

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PEMBROKESHIRE COAST National Park: view westwards from above Traeth Llyfn towards the folly of Abereiddi Tower and beyond to Penberry Hill and Carn Llidi. ref: 1027783.031

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Paxtons Tower a folly overlooking the Twyi Valley at Llanarthney Carmarthenshire

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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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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

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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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The two Prospect Towers in Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, on either side of the Crystal Palace, before it was destroyed by fire on Monday 30 November 1936.

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The two Prospect Towers in Sydenham Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19, on either side of the Crystal Palace. Seen in early uncredited photo on undated, unused postcard. Best guess on date, Edwardian.

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CLAYPOTTS CASTLE - Broughty Ferry near Dundee : this strange Z-plan tower house was built by John Strachan between 1569 and 1588. No longer occupied, it was once owned by 'Bonnie Dundee', the victor of the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. ref:07.5/1/5

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BATH : SHAM CASTLE folly on the crest of Bathampton Down, a mere wall, was commissioned by entreprenur Ralph Allen to improve the view from his home on North Parade in the mid 18th century. ref: 07.6/1/17(01)

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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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WORCESTERSHIRE - BROADWAY TOWER stands high on the Cotswold Edge at 1,048 feet overlooking the Vale of Evesham. It was built by the Earl of Coventry in 1798 as a prospect tower for his wife. View southwards with Bredon Hill and the Malverns at right centre and Cleeve Hill and the Cotswold Escarpment at left centre.

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WORCESTERSHIRE, COTSWOLDS : BROADWAY TOWER stands on the lip of the Cotswold escarpment at 1,048 feet overlooking the wide Vale of Evesham. It was built in Gothic revival style by the Earl of Coventry in 1798 as a prospect-tower for his wife - this is the south-facing entrance doorway. Bredon Hill and the distant Malvern Hills are visible in the distance towards the left.

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WARWICKSHIRE - EDGEHILL : the Castle folly - now the CASTLE INN - stands on the crest of EDGEHILL on the site of the battlefield HQ of King Charles lst. The twin Gothick towers of the original folly by Sanderson Miller date to 1746-7. ref: 1026452

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Co.DURHAM - WASHINGTON : the PENSHAW MONUMENT, built in 1844, commemorates Lord Durham, sometime Govenor General of Canada. A classical, Parthenon-style folly, it overlooks the deep valley of the River Wear and the town of Washington beyond. S.E.aspect. ref: 01.4/9/1(01)

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PORTMERION, North Wales : Clough Williams Ellis' whimsy village is dominated by his Italianate Campanile. ref: 04.2/6/3(3)

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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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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

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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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Northumberland - ALNWICK CASTLE : these and other stone figures - sham sentries, always vigilant - were mounted on the castle battlements by earlier Percys, Dukes of Northumberland, to deceive attackers, usually Scots invaders. ref: 07.2/4/19(4)

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Isle of Anglesey, North Wales : this is the LLANFAIR P G. railway station on the main London to Holyhead ( for the Irish ferries ) line. The full name of the village, as on the sign, is the longest of any habitation in Britain. ref: 04.1/3/3(01)

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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)

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Whitford folly,located on hil top over looking Whitford and Lloc, North Wales.

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Whitford folly,restored in victorian times from remains ofan old roman watch tower.

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Mistley Towers, along the River Stour Estuary about a mile from Manningtree, have been a tourist attraction for many years. They were built in 1776 as an extension to Mistley Thorn Church, which was built in 1735 and demolished around 1870 when the present church was built.

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Portmerion, North Wales : This statue of Atlas in the folly village of Portmerion was erected in celebration of certain specific good summers -a whimsy of the arcxhitect Clough Williams-Ellis. ref: 04.2/6/9(3)

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Pembrokeshire : 'Mobile Folly' by artist Buzz Knap-Fisher outside his studio at the tiny hamlet of Llanwdna above Carregwastad Point, Fishguard. Wales. ref: 09460

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland; inside tower; looking up; wooden stairs;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Lord Berners Folly; Faringdon; Faringdon Folly; Folly Hill; Gothic; Mock Battlements; Newest Folly; Last Major Folly Built; Oxfordshire; England; Tower, 100ft Tower; buildings; Tall; look out; Scaffolding; work; pulley; rope; building site; porta loo; woodland;

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. This is the inscription on the base. It reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

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Pembrokeshire - decorated motor car, essentially a modern 'Mobile Folly', created by the artist Buzz Knap-Fisher at his studio at the remote hamlet of Llanwdna above Carregwastad Point, Fishguard. ref: 612/2/19

Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,

Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. There is an inscription on the base, which reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'

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