Jenny's Lantern
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Jenny's Lantern is an area of moorland in north Northumberland, England, taking its name from an 18th-century 'eye-catcher' folly sited towards the top of a small promontory hill above the River Aln.
The Jenny's Lantern folly
Detail of outer rampart of Iron Age hillfort at Jenny's Lantern
Ratcheugh Observatory
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Ratcheugh Observatory is a late 18th-century folly on a prominent crag between Alnwick and Longhoughton in north Northumberland, England. Commissioned by Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, the ca
Jenny's Lantern
…for the Shawdon estate. The local penchant for follies extended to the dominant landowner, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland who commissioned the Ratcheugh Observatory before 1770, and whose 1781 Brizlee Tower sits roughly opposite, across the Aln, from Jenny's Lantern. During a severe storm on the night of 27 November…
Ratcheugh Observatory from the east