Lansdowne Monument
The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre stone obelisk erected in 1845 by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument on Cherhill Down, in Calne Without, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cherhill Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherhill White Horse and Calstone and Cherhill Downs.
Cherhill White Horse
Photo: Schildiecom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, just outside the village of Cherhill and 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older. Cherhill White Horse is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Lansdowne Monument.
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Grassland
Calstone and Cherhill Downs is a 128.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971, including downland at Calstone Wellington and Cherhill. Calstone and Cherhill Downs is situated 1,800 feet south of Lansdowne Monument.
The Black Horse Inn
Pub
Photo: Alex McGregor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Black Horse Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Lansdowne Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherhill and Calstone Wellington.
Cherhill
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherhill is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Calne, on the A4 road towards Marlborough.
Calstone Wellington
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calstone Wellington is a small village and former parish, now part of Cherhill parish, in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2.5 miles south-east of Calne and has a 15th-century church.
Yatesbury
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yatesbury is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cherhill, in Wiltshire, England. It is in the northeast of Cherhill parish, 1 mile north of the A4 road approximately 4 miles east of Calne and 9 miles west of Marlborough. Yatesbury is situated 2 miles northeast of Lansdowne Monument.
Lansdowne Monument
- Categories: obelisk and historic site
- Location: Calne Without, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.42278° or 51° 25′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.93272° or 1° 55′ 58″ westHeight
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9C3WC3F8+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1741829552OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q15241662
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Spanish—“Lansdowne Monument” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת לנסדאון”
- Spanish: “Monumento de Cherhill”
- Spanish: “Obelisco de Lansdowne”
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Highlights include Oldbury Castle and White Horse Plantation.
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