Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)
Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)

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Celtic cross at the highest point of the hill, erected as a monument to Francis Basset (1757–1835), 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset. Basset, a mine owner, gained his titles for erecting earthworks to defend Plymouth from combined French and Spanish fleets in 1779, and suppressing a miners' food riot in 1785. Along with others, he petitioned the House of Lords against slavery in 1828.
Title

Basset Monument (Dunstanville Monument)

Date

1836

Medium

granite

Measurements

H 2700 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

TR15_TJ_S022

Acquisition method

by public subscription

Work type

Monument

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

12/09/89

Access

at all times

Inscription description

carved into the base of the monument: THE / COUNTY OF CORNWALL TO THE MEMORY OF / FRANCIS / LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE / AND BASSET / A.D. 1836

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TR15 3YY