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| King Alfred's Tower |
Came across this on The Feral Irishman and my first reaction was that it is some AI* fantasy, but it's not, it's a real place, though it doesn't seem to be much of a building. The tower is hollow with a spiral staircase in one of the corner protrusions. Wikipedia calls it a 'folly', which I surmise just means it has no practical purpose. Also from Wikipedia:
Henry Hoare II planned the tower in the 1760s to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III, and it was erected near the site of Egbert's Stone, where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Anglo-Saxons in 878 before the Battle of Edington.
Alfred of Wessex? Where have I heard that before? Oh, that's right: The Last Kingdom.
The tower is about 100 miles west of London and 20 miles south of Bath.
*Artificial Intelligence
2 comments:
In general a folly was a bit of decor, designed to look like something historic. Wealthy folks in the UK would build them in their gardens.
Building mistake. Why the cross on tip? Alfred was not a Christian.
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