Ok.This is probably not a suitable post as there isn’t a great deal to it. Bin it if you feel the need. But! The effort that it took to find this place I had to show someone.
3 visits to this bloody wood on a hill and I finally spotted the tower peaking through the trees, now getting to it proved no mean feet. It sort of reminded me of Rapunzel or Sleeping Beauty, me, the prince trying to smash through the brambles to get to the tower, to sneak a kiss from the unsuspecting princess. Oh just imagine! Anyway I digress.
I finally got to the tower and was thoroughly disappointed, the hunt was definitely better than the kill.
Dawes Folly, at Holly Hill, was constructed in the early 19th century, and made to resemble a typical church tower of the era and area.
The landowner of Mount Ephraim (now Farming World) apparently constructed the folly. He is said to have owned a substantial shipping business and the tower enabled him to sit atop and watch his passing ships out on the Thames Estuary.
All interior fittings, stairs, floors have been removed, and it appears that this structure may have been used in the past for communications of some kind. It was possibly used during WW2 in conjunction with the nearby RAF Dunkirk
Also during my epic explore I stumbled across what seems some sort of woodcraft camp, not derelict but rustic.
Ever seen “Blair Witch” with all those bundles of sticks.
Be kind!
3 visits to this bloody wood on a hill and I finally spotted the tower peaking through the trees, now getting to it proved no mean feet. It sort of reminded me of Rapunzel or Sleeping Beauty, me, the prince trying to smash through the brambles to get to the tower, to sneak a kiss from the unsuspecting princess. Oh just imagine! Anyway I digress.
I finally got to the tower and was thoroughly disappointed, the hunt was definitely better than the kill.
Dawes Folly, at Holly Hill, was constructed in the early 19th century, and made to resemble a typical church tower of the era and area.
The landowner of Mount Ephraim (now Farming World) apparently constructed the folly. He is said to have owned a substantial shipping business and the tower enabled him to sit atop and watch his passing ships out on the Thames Estuary.
All interior fittings, stairs, floors have been removed, and it appears that this structure may have been used in the past for communications of some kind. It was possibly used during WW2 in conjunction with the nearby RAF Dunkirk
Also during my epic explore I stumbled across what seems some sort of woodcraft camp, not derelict but rustic.
Ever seen “Blair Witch” with all those bundles of sticks.
Be kind!
