From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 24th May 1890:
Turner’s Tower. Dispute Over Stone.
At Frome County Court, the Rev. Ed. Peacock, of Nunney, claimed from John Turner, of Faulkland, £17 15s. for stone quarried on his land, but accepted an offer of £12 15s., defendant having paid £5 15s. into court and counter claimed for £7.
[It appeared that after Turner had had 200 yards of stone quarried from Mr. Peacock’s quarry, he was ordered off the land and so had to abandon the stone, worth at least a shilling a yard.]
Cross-examined, Turner said part of the stone from his quarry had gone to the building of a tower which he was erecting for pleasure, and which had already reached a height of 136 feet.
[This is evidently the origin of “Turner’s Tower”, a well known landmark beside the Trowbridge – Wells road, between Faulkland and Kilmersdon.]