Jubilee Tower (Moel Famau)
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The Jubilee Tower on the peak of Moel Famau was a tower built to commemorate the coronation of George III in 1760. A storm in 1862 reduced the impressive Egyptian-style monument to the base that can be seen today.
It was to be an Egyptian styled obelisk, built in three stages. The foundation stone was laid in 1810, but the tower was never completed. A storm in 1862 blew the incomplete tower down, and to make it safe, the tower was then demolished, apart from the unsheltered base. The large rubble was removed from the site, and the smaller rocks taken by farmers for local dry stone walls. It is located at OS Grid reference SJ161626, at the heart of the Moel Famau country park.
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