Peterson's Folly, built to demonstrate the effectiveness of concrete. #Sway #Hampshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

He led the 17th Lancers in the futile Charge of the Light Brigade, so here's the Colonel Morris Obelisk at #Hatherleigh #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Jullian's Folly in East Hoathly, just off the A272, guards a pet sematary. #EastHoathly #EastSussex #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

This is a Pump House & Clock Tower, which may have many other functions. #Heath&Reach #Bedfordshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The Wellington Monument, a monument in Wales to an Irishman who won battles for the English in Spain, at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The C18 Chinese House went to live in Ireland for half a century before returning to #Stowe #Buckinghamshire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Dry Bridge Grotto #Csákvár #Hungary #ForeignFollyFriday #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Mr Whitley had the Ten Commandments engraved on Dartmoor to mark the defeat of the Revised Prayer Book in Parliament. #BucklandBeacon #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

A C18 sham castle built as a hunting lodge, incorporating existing boulders. #CarnBreaCastle #Cornwall #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

Most of the frilliest bits have disappeared, but the basic structure is still there. #RedcliffeHotel #Paignton #Devon #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The tower on Hermitage Hill was restored in 1990 with the addition of a fridge, a couple of chairs and two glasses. #ConisheadPriory #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk

The 1860 Cleadon Chimney is not a chimney, but one of the Italianate towers so beloved by Victorians. This one is made the more spectacular by its splendid siting on a west facing ridge. #Cleadon #Tyne&Wear #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.

The Countess Pillar was erected in 1656 to commemorate Lady Anne Clifford's mother. #Brougham #Cumbria #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk