Lord Cobham's Pillar - Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire, UK
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N 52° 02.055 W 001° 00.681
30U E 636411 N 5766714
This tall monument is built as a lighthouse in the middle of the countryside.
Waymark Code: WM65ZY
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/09/2009
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The National Trust describes it:
'The Cobham Monument is Stowe's tallest at 104ft - five counties can be seen from the top. A statue of Lord Cobham in Roman armour stood on the summit until 1957 when he was sent crashing down by a bolt of lightning. The figure has been recreated using the surviving head and a hand, and was recently put back into position.'
There is a spiral staircase winding all the way up to the top.
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