King Alfred’s Tower, also known as The Folly of King Alfred the Great or Stourton Tower, is a folly tower.
Standing tall at 160ft (49m) it was built in 1772 and believed to be on the site where King Alfred the Great rallied his troops in 878.
The tower commemorates the accession of George III to the throne in 1760 and the end of the Seven Years War. It is in the parish of Brewham in the English county of Somerset, owned by the National Trust and open to visitors.
