Roger’s Tower is an 18th-century Gothic folly built on the ramparts of Castle-an-Dinas, a much older Iron Age hillfort.

I had a long discussion with my girlfriend’s mother about the definition of a “folly” over Christmas, which gives you an indication of the sort of fun you can have in my company.

The term folly derives from the French folie, meaning foolish.

It generally describes a building that has little or no function — something that pretends to be something it is not.

The building of follies was especially popular in England during the 18th and 19th centuries, and those who commissioned them were essentially LARPing as medieval nobility.

Still, standing up there, you understand the temptation. It’s dramatic and unnecessary in a grand way that makes it attractive.