Where is Derry Ormond Tower?

Derry Ormond Tower is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1454°, -4.0623°.

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Derry Ormond Tower

Derry Ormond Tower in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 20 min–45 min

Derry Ormond Tower is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Derry Ormond Tower is a Grade II*-listed folly situated above Betws Bledrws, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Lampeter in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It was built in the early nineteenth century as an unemployment relief project. The tower forms an eyecatcher within a landscaped park attached to the, now demolished, Derry Ormond House. The park is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

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Background

History

The tower was designed by C. R. Cockerell who also designed Derry Ormond House, funded by John Jones of the Derry Ormond estate, and built by local unemployed men between 1821 and 1824. The project was overseen by a local builder named David Morgan. His gravestone in the churchyard of Betws Bledrws church describes him as "the contractor and builder of the Derry Ormond Tower". While originally it was named "St David's Pillar", in the historic Ordnance Survey mapping of 1888 it was referred to by its present name (which refers to the locality of Derry Ormond).

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