Obelisk
Obelisk
Obelisk
Obelisk
Obelisk

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The work has a square base, about 1 m high with a plain plinth, two courses in stone and a plain flat top with a chamfered underside. The small base and obelisk above were restored in 1957.
Title

Obelisk

Date

18th C

Medium

stone

Accession number

GL16_JC_S060

Work type

Obelisk

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

04/07/85

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at all times

Inscription description

THIS PILLAR / TRADITIONALLY MARKING / THE CENTRE OF THE FOREST / WAS REPLACED ON THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF / THE VISCOUNT BLEDISLOE / P.C. G.C.M.G. K.B.E. / TO COMMEMORATE / HIS 50TH YEAR AS A VERDERER / SEPTEMBER 21ST 1957

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Located at

Speech House Road, Cinderford

GL16 7EL

Located opposite Speech House Hotel.