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Show Your Snaps...August 15, 2022

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mocha123 Senior Member • Posts: 2,497
Re: Sunset over the Jurassic coast.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

What you can see is part of the Smedmore estate and was built in 1830 it's what is known as a folly (a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose) or an observatory perhaps to please his guests as to the views over the bay.

The tower is about 35 feet (11 m) high and rises over what is known as Hen Cliff which rises about 330 feet (100 m) above the sea. The main tower is constructed of mortared selected stone and the windows are formed from brick. In total the tower has four floors; a stone ground floor, a wooden first, a wooden second and a wooden third floor. The tower is surmounted upon a shallow stone basement. Access to the first and second floors would have been accessible solely via a ladder. [Wikipedia]

The mist was swirling at this time so clarity is not very good.

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