The Fish Tower is a 19th-century folly located in the village of Hawkley, Hampshire, England. This peculiar structure stands 30 feet tall and is shaped like a giant fish, complete with scales and fins. It was built in 1850 as a decorative feature for the surrounding woodland and is now a Grade II listed building. The tower's purpose is unclear, but it is believed to have been used as a viewing platform or possibly even a gamekeeper's hide. Despite its mysterious origins, the Fish Tower remains a popular and intriguing landmark, attracting visitors from across the region.
Stone pillar inaccessible in field behind hedge and trees. Also paths which the clowncar of a company which is Google suggest exist between here and Yeovil are so overgrown as to be non-existant, and the maniacs who own the local countryside have covered most of it in barbed wire, often carefully placed in the least visible position possible. If I never have to encounter these people again in my life, it will be too soon
One of the four follies of Barwick and very seldom visited ... the views are spectacular when you are sitting right next to it
'The Fish Tower' is one of four follies within Barwick Park on the outskirts of Yeovil and is a Grade II Listed Building. Located about 600m north of Barwick House, this structure lies adjacent to the Two Tower Lane boundary. It comprises a hollow rubble-stone column with open slits in the south face, rising from a square base with an arched opening to the north. The column is surmounted by a Ham stone ashlar capital resembling a well-head ornamented on the sides with ogee relief panels. The column was formerly surmounted by an iron cage with a fish-shaped finial or weather-vane.
no fish :(
Great walks in and around area.
Nice walks nearby
Good for kids
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Stone pillar inaccessible in field behind hedge and trees. Also paths which the clowncar of a company which is Google suggest exist between here and Yeovil are so overgrown as to be non-existant, and the maniacs who own the local countryside have covered most of it in barbed wire, often carefully placed in the least visible position possible. If I never have to encounter these people again in my life, it will be too soon
One of the four follies of Barwick and very seldom visited ... the views are spectacular when you are sitting right next to it
'The Fish Tower' is one of four follies within Barwick Park on the outskirts of Yeovil and is a Grade II Listed Building. Located about 600m north of Barwick House, this structure lies adjacent to the Two Tower Lane boundary. It comprises a hollow rubble-stone column with open slits in the south face, rising from a square base with an arched opening to the north. The column is surmounted by a Ham stone ashlar capital resembling a well-head ornamented on the sides with ogee relief panels. The column was formerly surmounted by an iron cage with a fish-shaped finial or weather-vane.
no fish :(
Great walks in and around area.
Nice walks nearby
