File:Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon - geograph.org.uk - 657716.jpg

Original file (479 × 640 pixels, file size: 54 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon The folly was built in 1935 by Gerald, 14th Lord Berners. It is 100 feet (30 metres) high and it was intended to have no purpose whatsoever. In the event it was used during the second world war as an observation post by the Home Guard. It remained bricked up until 1983 when it was restored and re-opened. Normally open the first Sunday of each month between Easter and October (and BH Mondays), it was open today as a special occasion. Note the light on the top.
Date
Source From geograph.org.uk
Author Brian Robert Marshall
Attribution
(required by the license)
InfoField
Brian Robert Marshall / Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon / 
Brian Robert Marshall / Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon
Camera location51° 39′ 32″ N, 1° 34′ 16″ W  Heading=90° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location51° 39′ 32″ N, 1° 34′ 16″ W  Heading=90° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Brian Robert Marshall
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

title: Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon (English)
author name string: Brian Robert Marshall

13 January 2008

51°39'32.0"N, 1°34'15.6"W

heading: 90 degree

51°39'32.04"N, 1°34'15.60"W

heading: 90 degree

0.066666670000001 second

12.4 millimetre

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:43, 7 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:43, 7 February 2011479 × 640 (54 KB)GeographBot== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon The folly was built in 1935 by Gerald, 14th Lord Berners. It is 100 feet (30 metres) high and it was intended to have no purpose whatsoever. In the event it was used

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata