King Alfreds Tower In Somerset Set Against The Early Morning Sky During Golden Hour Royalty-Free Stock Image

This is a circular walk of historic interest which takes you up through beautiful woodlands to King Alfred s Tower and returning through Park Hill Camp Iron Age Hill Fort and Turner s Paddock. King Alfred s Tower is a 160ft high folly, designed by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare II in 1772. It is believed to mark 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