Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2019 November 19

= November 19 =

The goat tower at Cholmondeley Castle
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So there's this goat tower at Cholmondeley Castle, and the photo of it we have: looks like it could easily be forty+ years old, which means it would be the second goat tower built. There's nothing on the current website for Cholomondeley Castle about it at all, as far as I can tell, which is another reason I think it might predate most of the other goat towers, as goat towers have become a viral meme in the past ten years and if it was a recent addition I think they'd be using it in their marketing as the only frickin' goat tower in the UK, but the closest I find is a 1999 photograph and a 2010 brochure where they mention it and call it 'unique'. Can anyone find a mention of when it was built? Or mentions of it at all earlier than 1981? Thanks for any help! --valereee (talk) 16:48, 19 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Suggest you give them a call or send an email; contact details are on their website.--Shantavira|feed me 09:53, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Although that wouldn't help with the article, as an email not a published source. None of my usual Google-fu found anything helpful I'm afraid. Alansplodge (talk) 11:17, 21 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Nothing in the 1985 heritage site entries for Cholmondeley Castle or Scotch Farm, (the tower is NE of the latter) i think they would only list outbuildings built before 1948 tho. I kind of remember having better luck finding older aerial photos for Britain, but everything now seems to be pay-walled.&mdash;eric 14:58, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, email wouldn't be usable, but at least I'd know whether it's even worth continuing to look for, so maybe I'll try that! Thanks all! :) --valereee (talk) 18:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)