The Folly
The Folly is a ruins in Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, England. The Folly is situated nearby to The Earl’s Garden, as well as near Mount Edgcumbe House.Photo: Y.ssk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: folly in Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mount Edgcumbe Folly”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Edgcumbe House and Blockhouse at the Garden Battery.
Mount Edgcumbe House
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated in the parish of Maker on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of Cremyll. Mount Edgcumbe House is situated 2,000 feet northwest of The Folly.
Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
Fort
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a fort, which is situated 2,600 feet north of The Folly.
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park
Park
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is a grade I listed country park in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The 885 acres country park is on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated 3,700 feet west of The Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cremyll and Drake’s Island.
Cremyll
Hamlet
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cremyll is a small coastal village in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame, in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Cremyll is on the Rame Peninsula facing Plymouth Sound. The village is about 9 miles by road or 0.5 miles by boat from Plymouth.
Drake’s Island
Hamlet
Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.
Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.
Maker
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maker is a village between Cawsand and Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name means a ruin or old wall in Cornish, possibly because the church was built from the ruins of West Stonehouse in Cremyll.
The Folly
- Categories: folly, building, and historic site
- Location: Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.35122° or 50° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.16888° or 4° 10′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9R2J+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 555136885OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=follyWikidata ID
Q26614446
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