Rogers Tower - Castle an Dinas - Penzance [August 2024]

This was a tricky video to make, mainly due to the weather conditions.. sunny one minute, then grey, then 30+mph gusts of wind, then rain, then blazing sun but with strong wind.... you get the idea.
However, after a lot of editing, colour grading etc, I managed to pick out the least wobbly bits and put this together!
If ever you're in the area, I definitely recommend a trip up here. I won't lie.. its not an easy trek, but it's definitely worth it, the views are phenomenal, the video really doesn't do it justice!

Anyway, I just wanted you to know, I hated making this! Lol
Now, here's some history.....


The tower was built in 1798 by one of the Rogers’ family from Treassowe Manor, a house on Tonkin Downs below the hill on which it stands.  It is uncertain which member of the family was responsible. But the most likely candidate would be John Rogers (1750-1832) who it has been said had the money and the inclination to undertake such a plan.

High above Mount’s Bay the tower commands immense views across the countryside in all directions.  It is a Folly but it is also wonderful!  But there is one downside to this view.  The land between the tower and the village of Castle Gate is part of a giant granite quarry. And for more than 100 years machinery has been gobbling up the hill side.


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