C.Rayz's photos with the keyword: robertsbridge

View down the winding stair case, the see through floors although very sturdy still, are a bit unnerving if you glance the 35 feet down. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

View across the valley towards Robertsbridge. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Another fable connects the structure with the threatened Napoleonic invasion, although its unlikely, Napoleon met his Waterloo on 18th June 1815 so there was no threat of invasion at the time the tower was erected. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Geocaching.com box with signatures of other travellers that have found this on their maps. Tucked back into the wall, with a walnut?!? For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

The Tower is approximately 35 feet (10.6 m) high and 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter and is thought to have been built in the late 1820s. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Yet another mysterious building for a mysterious purpose, if any, left by John Fuller. Looking up through the step ladder to the top vista window. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Looking up through the steel floor and stairs. Some rumors are that Fuller used to come here to watch from afar the construction of the railway through Robertsbridge, four miles away. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

None of the explanations for the tower's existence are persuasive. The South Eastern & Chatham Railway linked Robertsbridge to Tunbridge Wells in 1851 and Battle in 1852. The Kent & East Sussex Light Railway did not reach Robertsbridge until 1900. So the tower was not built for "trainspotting". Napoleon met his Waterloo on 18th June 1815 so there was no threat of invasion at the time the tower was erected. Fuller purchased Bodiam castle in 1829 and it seems that the Tower was built before then. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Fuller's Tower is the stuff from which legends are made! For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

There has been some conjecture that the Tower was used as a signalling tower. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

The metal work that has since replaced the wooden stairs to allow access to the magnificent 360' view. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

The Tower had wooden floors and stairs inside until fairly recently when fire was set inside destroying them. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Metal work of the stairs and door. Its not clear who is (if anyone) responsible for the upkeep of this historic treasure, the metal work is in recent years although quite weathered now. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

The Tower is located off the Brightling-Darwell Hole road, about a quarter mile south east of Brightling Park. The tower can be reached by a small footpath. Easily my favorite folly of the day :) Seen here from the Temple. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

It is more commonly thought that Jack Fuller had this tower built so that he could keep an eye on the workmen's progress during the restoration of Bodiam Castle. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies