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druids temple

Ilton near Masham, North Yorkshire.

 

"The Druid’s Temple is in fact not a real temple, but a nineteenth century folly styled after stone circles and well known prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge.

It was built to alleviate local unemployment, allowing William Danby, a wealthy landowner of the time to pay workers a shilling a day for their labour.

 

At less than 200 years old, it is nonetheless an atmospheric and intriguing location."

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Uploaded on August 11, 2023
Taken on August 3, 2023