Thursday 5 May 2016

GOOD FENCES - Folly at Mount Stewart

Tomorrow on my post I will tell you more about the new woodland walk at  Mount Stewart, near Newtownards, however today I will show you a rusted gate/fense and stone Folly that we found on our walk deep in the woods. 




I was lagging behind a bit taking photographs and Sue, my friend who I met at the beginning of the trail and Jenny, my Volunteering and Community Development Manager and her husband arrived at The Folly ahead of me.


A team will be researching into what the family used this Folly for.



Please look in tomorrow to hear and see more photographs of this newly opened beautiful woodland walk and thanks for joining me today.

I am linking this post with GOOD FENCES.

Many thanks for all you leave comments on this post.

21 comments:

  1. How I would love to walk that walk...

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  2. Hello!:) A nice selection of photos, I'm already intriqued to know more about this place. Are those bluebells I can see inside the Folly! Love those archways
    and rusty old gate.

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  3. I love places like this - thanks for sharing.

    All the best Jan

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  4. Looks like i'll have to plan a visit to Mount Stewart again soon. I see the bluebells are doing their best to flower there too!

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  5. Hello Margaret, looks like an interesting place for a walk. Great series of photos. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

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  6. I bet they used it for romantic trysts.

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  7. Looks like a lovely walk Margaret. Love the views through the archway particularly.

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  8. the old ruins sure are pretty. love the old rusty gate, too.

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  9. Would love to hear the findings for The Folly. You captured its character nicely.

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  10. How neat- I had to go look up the word "folly". Now I am interested in what you all find out about what the purpose was.

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  11. Those old stone walls are very photogenic!

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  12. Looks like you had a lovely walk to an interesting site. I'll look forward to finding out what you found out about the folly.

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  13. Definitely a place with a lot of history.

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  14. Wonderful find! I like Adrian's idea.

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  15. Great pictures. I love the vines climbing up the trees and all the greenery.

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  16. The ruins of a folly in a woodland does seem very romantic. It will be interesting to research its history.

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  17. Wow that was so interesting. The rusty fencing is cool and I'm not sure what a "folly" is but it certainly was unique and such a lovely place to explore.

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  18. Beautiful! I have no idea what a folly is, but it certainly would make for an interesting walking area.

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  19. Love the ruins of the folly - would love to know if anything of interest is found out about it. A great post :)

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  20. I so enjoyed this post. Just love the last two photos - what's beyond the arches, what secrets lay there? It's hard to capture intrigue but you've done it.

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