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Follies · South East England

Browne's Folly

In or near Bathford.

Browne's Folly — Folly or eyecatcher.

Browne's Folly

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About

Browne's Folly is a folly in south east. (Site of a tower with the same name in Somerset, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Browne's Folly, or Brown's Folly, is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the English village of Bathford in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh Down Stone Quarry and is managed as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT). The tower was built in 1848 and is a Grade II listed building."

Coordinates
51.3932, -2.2962

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