Thanks to Gwyn Headley's pioneering efforts with the Welsh folly map, this is now turning into a countrywide mapping. We have three area maps so far, and the gauntlet is down to anyone who wants to send in a map of an area they know well. These maps are based on the Google Maps system. All you have to do is click on the appropriate link below, then use Google's controls to zoom in or out, move across the map, or switch to Satellite view for an aerial photographic view.
Here are those that we have to date:
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Gwyn Headley |
Red pin, green caption |
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Gwyn Headley |
Orange pin, red caption |
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Alan Terrill |
Purple Pin, yellow caption |
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Longden Summerhouse, Shropshire |
Each KMZ file is a Google Earth Saved Working Session. It takes advantage of a feature in Google Earth which allows Placemarks to be created, stored and circulated for general use.
If you want to make your own map, and submit it to this site, here are the suggested guidelines :
*1. *Stick to the sequence of follies as listed by county in Follies Grottoes & Garden Buildings (Aurum 1999)
*2.* Each English county (and Scottish region?) should have a different pin / caption colour combination. You can change these in Google Earth preferences. Bear in mind the the four-colour theory, which states that you need no more than four different colours to colour any map using the rule that any two counties which share a frontier must have different colours. In actual fact you can choose a huge number of colours, but those used so far are specified against the files above.
If a county has official colours (I believe they all do) it would make sense to choose those, within the constraints of the 4 colour system.
*3.* Any folly not in FG&GB (are there any? Surely not) should be added at the end of each county list with the pin colour and caption colour REVERSED, so additional Welsh follies not referenced in the book would have Green pins and Red captions.
*4. *There's a text entry box for each pin which has been left blank for the follies listed in FG&GB. This can be filled in with more info on the additional locations not in the book.
*5* Include any relevant notes with your kmz file -see Gwyn's below as an example
*6* If you find any innacuracies in these maps, please contact the author first (If you don't know them, contact Alan , who will forward you message to save putting everyone's addresses here)
• Gwyn's notes: In hi-res sections (mostly south-east Wales) where the relevant folly can clearly be seen the Placemark has been positioned to the north-east of the structure. However most of Wales appears in Google Earth in lo-res. Accurate placement of the Placemarks in these areas is therefore a matter of serendipity. When in doubt I have relied on memory and guesswork. No responsibility is accepted for the positioning of Placemarks on cliff edges or mineshafts.
Although the Sketty area of Swansea is in hi-res I have been unable visually to locate the Sketty Chapter House. Despite visiting it several times it is buried in a maze of confusingly similar roads and I did not make a note of the name of the road. I pray it hasn't been torn down. The Placemark is accordingly placed on a nearby roundabout.
