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Garnsey's Tower Ruins

Garnsey's Tower Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Garnsey's Tower Ruins

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Blackdown Hills National Landscape

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Location: Uffculme, Mid Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Grace Mulligan

September 6, 2023

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Here you will find the remains of Garnsey's Tower, once a 3-storey-high stone building thought to be a shelter for whetstone minsers.

old plodder

March 18, 2022

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Garnsey's Tower - a decaying remains of a stone tower in woods on Blackborough Common, believed to have served as a shelter for whetstone miners. Great viewpoint looking north over the Culm Valley.

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