Jack the Treacle Eater, Barwick Park, Barwick, Somerset

This strangely-named folly was built in circa 1775 from local and Ham stone rubble and ashlar. It is the east boundary marker, one of four, of the Barwick Park estate. Its name derives from Jack, a local runner who carried family messages to London, and who was said to have trained on treacle.

List Entry Number 1057227.
Historic England Archive BB99/08283.