Yeovil, United Kingdom
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Good for kids
No wheelchair-accessible entrance
Really good place to sit quietly and admire the view
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The scenery around is lovely
Fabulous walk
Best monument you'll visit in lockdown 2020!
Beat up a bully here
'Jack the Treacle Eater' is one of four follies marking the cardinal points of the Barwick Park estate. Located adjacent to the eastern or Long Lane boundary, about 270m east of Barwick House, this is a Grade II Listed Building and comprises a monumental rubble-stone arch surmounted by a Hamstone ashlar circular tower with a battlemented parapet and a conical stone roof. The whole structure is surmounted by a winged lead figure of Mercury. A timber door set in the side of the tower is approached by an open rough-stone staircase ascending the shoulder of the arch. The folly is set on a stone-walled grass bastion overlooking the park and Barwick House, and is flanked by a group of mature beech trees. The folly is believed to be named after a runner who carried family messages up to London and trained on treacle.
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whats in the tower!
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