Templae Bruer

Interesting looking building but not worth it

Hard to find this is in the middle of nowhere. Sited in a farm yard it has a place to park and they don’t mind visitors.
It is one of the few Templar Sites, other than the odd church, with any remains above ground. This is a tower and you can see where the round church stood and that the farmhouse is made from the stone. The ruin consists of the intact square south tower, one of two added to the original structure during the Templars’ tenure, north and south of the chancel. The car park is on the site of the round nave.
The Templars financed their military campaigns through the income generated by their estates all over Europe, including several in Lincolnshire. It was founded in the period 1150 to 1160 and the order was dissolved in 1312.
The tower has strange effects on people. some rush out. I love it and find it exhilarating. I climb the barrier and up the worn steps and sit at the top feeling wonderful yet shaky.
A friend walked the land around with dowsing rods and (I am a sceptic) he handed them to me and they were going crazy. I could hardly hold them.
In the tower the graffitti is very interesting. British and American airmen from Bomber County etched their names and base/​date. I wonder how many of them ever went back?
It was a preceptory and training would have been done here but at Temple Bruer, the Templars were leaders in the sheep farming industry. knocks the myth a little?