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follies

1720 – Temple, Drumcondra House, Dublin

Architect: Alessandro Galilei

Designed as a folly for Drumcondra House and probably designed by Alessandro Galilei and built between 1718 and 1720.

1740 – Obelisk, Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Architect: Richard Cassels

Designed by Richard Cassels, the obelish is 140 feet high and is composed of several arches,

1791 – Tower of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath

Architect: Henry Aaron Baker

An 18th-century lighthouse folly in the form of a giant Doric column, surmounted by glazed lantern,

1870s – Castell Coch, Cardiff

Architect: William Burges

Castell Coch, or in Welsh, the Red Castle is an elaborately decorated Victorian folly designed by Burges for John Crichton-Stuart,

1903 – Beacon Tower, Tulla Hill, Cortachy, Scotland

Architect: T. Martin Cappon

“The laying of the memorial stone took place on Saturday of the massive tower which has been in course of erection on Tulloch Hill,

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