| World / United Kingdom / England / Birmingham, 2 km from center | Coordinates: 52°28'27"N 1°55'52"W |
‘The Monument’ is Birmingham's oddest architectural feature...an extraordinary 96ft (29m) tower known as Perrott's Folly. It was built in 1758 by John Perrot. Mr Perrot lived in Belbroughton and had the tower built so that he could see the grave of his wife buried ten miles away.. Unfortunately the height of land at Clent prevented this. Thus the name "Folly".
Its second claim to fame is that it is 'believed' that this tower, plus the tower further down Waterworks Road are the inspiration for JR Tolkien's book "The Two Towers", part of the "Lord of the Rings" trilology. Tolkien as a young child grew up in this area of Birmingham
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