- Explore near King Alfred's Tower: Where to Stay, Eat, and Visit. King Alfred's Tower Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences.
- The tower stands near the site of ‘Egbert’s Stone’, where it was said that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Saxons in May 878 before the important Battle...
- Were those critics right in associating Penselwood in Somerset – Pen Selwood – with King Alfred’s Tower and the mysterious Egbert’s Stone, Ecgbryhtesstan?
- King Alfreds Tower. DescriptionKing Alfred's Tower, also known as The Folly of King Alfred the Great or Stourton Tower, is a folly tower.
- King Alfred's Tower, also known as The Folly of King Alfred the Great or Stourton Tower, is a folly tower.
- . King Alfreds Tower is a 160ft (49m) high folly, in Stourhead, Wiltshire. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare II in 1772.
- King Alfred's Tower. Back in 1762, a banker by the name of Henry Hoare II decided to build a tower in the middle of nowhere, and with no purpose.
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- Below is from the wiki. King Alfred's Tower is a folly in Somerset,[1][2] England, on the edge of the border with Wiltshire, on the Stourhead estate.