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Flounders' Folly

United Kingdom

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet (24 m) tall, 16 feet (4.9 m) square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road. Many walks ascend the hill from various points and the tower is mentioned in several Shropshire walking guides.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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