[1] It gave its name to Brown's Folly, a 100 acre Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1974.

[2] The tower was built in 1845 by Colonel Wade Browne, the squire of Monkton Farleigh Manor, to provide employment during an agricultural recession.

[6] A depiction of the Folly appears on the unofficial coat of arms of Bathford Parish Council.

[7] The tower is made of coursed rubble stone, has a square plan and tapers as it rises.

The upper stage has round-arched openings but the balustraded handrails are missing the entire way up the staircase.