Derry Ormond Tower

Derry Ormond Tower is a Grade II*-listed folly situated above Betws Bledrws, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Lampeter in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

The tower forms an eyecatcher within a landscaped park attached to the, now demolished, Derry Ormond House.

His gravestone in the churchyard of Betws Bledrws church describes him as "the contractor and builder of the Derry Ormond Tower".

[3] The tower was Grade II* listed on 28 February 1952 "as one of the most prominent romantic monuments in the region, of which the Pendinas Column of 1853 at Aberystwyth is the only other of similar form.

[6] The 127-foot-high (38.7 m) tower, which is based on an upturned cannon, was built on common land near Derry Ormond.