Dinton Castle
Dinton Castle (also known as Dinton Folly) is located just north of the village of Dinton, Buckinghamshire, Dinton, in Buckinghamshire and was built as an Eyecatcher (landscape), eyecatcher from the Dinton Hall estate, by Sir John Vanhattern in 1769. He used the castle to exhibit his collection of fossils, ammonites, embedded in the limestone walls. The "sham castle" or folly is a Priority A site with the Heritage at Risk Register and has been Grade IIListed building, Listed structure since 1951 when it was in a ruinous state. History Dinton Castle at Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK HP17 8TX is located beside a Saxon burial ground. Into the 20th century, various artifacts and skeletons had been found near the structure. Local rumours suggested that the castle was haunted by the seventeenth century hermit John Bigg (hermit), John Bigg, who lived until his death in a cave on the property prior to the castle's build. The castle may have been used as servants' quarter ...
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