Landmark · England · Partial ruin
Mow Cop Castle
Mow Cop Castle is an 18th-century folly on a rocky ridge at Mow Cop, Cheshire, built to resemble a ruined medieval fortress. The small complex comprises an arched central portal, a circular tower with a round window, and an attached summerhouse sitting on exposed rock outcrops on the county boundary ridge.
Its prime
1754
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1754
What Mow Cop Castle looked like in its prime.
Perched on a rocky, grass-covered ridge, the folly is built of regular grey-brown ashlar coursed stone arranged into a short circular tower, an oversized pointed arched central opening and ragged crenellated wall-ends; round oculus openings puncture the masonry. No roofline dominates — the silhouette is broken by gaps and battlemented parapets. Wooden rail fencing follows the approach path across exposed bedrock and low windswept grass.
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7 places to explore in 1754.
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