needles eye folly

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a 45ft high sandstone pyramid with an ornamental urn over a gothic ogee arch straddling a former access road from wentworth woodhouse (south yorkshire, uk) northwards towards pontefract and york racecourses. it was built in the mid-18th century, allegedly to win a bet after the 1st marquis claimed he could drive a coach and horses through the eye of a needle!
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1314588
the model was created from 520 aerial photographs and 51 handheld photographs.
thanks to the fitzwilliam wentworth estate for granting permission to fly on their property.