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Stourhead Obelisk

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Stourhead Obelisk

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

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  • Location: Stourton With Gasper, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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    September 3, 2023

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    Easy Trail for everyone to explore on a day out .

    October 12, 2023

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    The Bath stone obelisk on the Stourhead Estate is 32 m high. It was built in 1839 replacing an earlier obelisk on the same site. There is an interesting solar disk on the top and a dedication to Henry Hoare who had it built.

    September 6, 2023

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    The Obelisk in Stourhead gardens was first built in 1746 as an Egyptian symbol of the ever shining sun. It has been restored twice, it crumbled in the nineteenth century and was restored in 1839-40 and then again after being struck by lightning in 1853.
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    Elevation 200 m

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