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73-487: (Redirected from Wellington Monument ) The following is a list in chronological order of monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), a leading British political and military figure of the 19th century, particularly noted for his defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815: List of monuments [ edit ] A large stone monument built upon

146-1475: A Small Irish Town" . A Trip to Ireland . RICH RENNICKS. November 11, 2013. ^ "Achilles (The Wellington Monument)" . The Victorian Web . 2006-08-21 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Wellington Arch" . English Heritage . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Statue: Duke of Wellington statue - EC2" . LondonRemembers.com . Retrieved 22 September 2014 . ^ "Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire" . Heritage Explorer . English Heritage. 2007 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Marochetti Collection, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington" . FineArtFacts . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Matthew Cotes Wyatt" . The Victorian Web . 2012 . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ "Duke of Wellington, by Thomas Milnes" . www.victorianweb.org . Retrieved 2015-09-13 . ^ "THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON" . Princes Street .com . Edinburgh Sites . Retrieved 2014-10-03 . ^ Historic England . "Wellington Monument (1060281)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 March 2014 . ^ "The Duke of Wellington by Baron Marochetti" . Victorian Web . 2011-07-16 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Statues in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester" . Bob Speel . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Monument to

219-478: A colossal bronze statue of Achilles by Richard Westmacott (1822) Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, London, built to a design by Decimus Burton (1825–1827) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London , by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1844) This equestrian statue has "Erected June 16, 1844" inscribed into its plinth. Wellington Monument, Old Woodhall Road,  Woodhall Spa , Lincolnshire,

292-508: A column with bust on top (1844) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow , by Carlo Marochetti (1844). The Royal Exchange Square , Queen Street, in Glasgow , Scotland, has a statue of Wellington astride a horse, outside the Gallery of Modern Art . The statue does feature the bicorne cocked hat associated with him, but it is in his hand, not on his head. The statue is often "defaced" by

365-409: A large proportion of rain falls from showers and thunderstorms at this time of year. Average rainfall is around 35–60 inches (890–1,520 mm). About 10–20 days of snowfall is typical. From November to March, mean wind speeds are highest; winds are lightest from June to August. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west. There are 16 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in

438-462: A means of expression, where forms previously exclusive to European elites are used by new social groups or for generating anti-monumental artifacts that directly challenge the state and the ruling classes. In conflicts, therefore, it is not so much the monument which is relevant but rather what happens to the communities that participate in its construction or destruction and their instigation of forms of social interaction. The word "monument" comes from

511-569: A monument needs to be open to the public, which means that its spatial dimension, as well as its content can be experienced by the public, and be sustainable. The former may be achieved either by situating the monument in public space or by a public discussion about the monument and its meaning, the latter by the materiality of the monument or if its content immediately becomes part of the collective or cultural memory. The social meanings of monuments are rarely fixed and certain and are frequently 'contested' by different social groups. As an example: whilst

584-706: A network of minor roads. There are several major roads including the A30 , A303 and A35 . The M5 motorway is at the northwestern boundary of the AONB. The Bristol to Exeter line and the remains of the Grand Western Canal run, quite close in places, to the west of the M5 motorway but do not pass through the Blackdown Hills. The West of England Main Line passes through the southern part of

657-572: A parish church was built on a part of the site. Some surviving fragments of monastery include the partial end wall of the cellarers range and parts of a gatehouse. Some carved fragments survive within the Victorian era church. The Church of St Peter in Staple Fitzpaine was originally built in the Norman style, and has a Norman doorway reset in the south aisle. The chancel dates from the 14th century;

730-477: A range of hills along the Somerset - Devon border in south-western England . The plateau is dominated by hard chert bands of Upper Greensand with some remnants of chalk , and is cut through by river valleys. The Blackdown Hills were designated in 1991 as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). In November 2023, AONBs became National Landscapes. The hills support an extensive range of wildlife leading to

803-472: A role in telling the industrial history of the area. The Wellington Monument is located on Wellington Hill at grid reference ST137171 , 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Wellington , Somerset . It was erected to celebrate the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo . The foundation stone was laid in 1817, on land belonging to the Duke, but the monument was not completed until 1854. Its design

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876-460: A sparsely populated area; much of the land is used for dairy farming . The River Culm rises at a spring ( grid reference ST2205016050 ) near Culmhead and flows west through Hemyock , then Culmstock to Uffculme before joining the River Exe on the north-western outskirts of Exeter . The name of the river is thought to mean 'knot' or 'tie', in reference to the river's twists and loops; or

949-442: A typical invertebrate fauna , including a wide variety of butterfly species, and with spiders notably abundant. The site is regionally important for birds which favour heathland habitats. Quants , a grassland clearing in a forestry plantation well known for its butterflies including Duke of Burgundy , marsh fritillary and wood white , is a candidate for Special Area of Conservation (cSAC). These are designated under

1022-470: Is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle on the site of an earlier hill fort near Staple Fitzpaine . The hill rises to 260 metres (853 ft) on the northern escarpment of the Blackdown Hills. The castle was probably built by Robert of Mortain in the 11th century and probably went out of use in the 12th century. Around the crossroads at Staple Fitzpaine there are several large sandstone boulders. They are called devilstones and are said to have been thrown by

1095-575: Is buried at Wolford Chapel near Dunkeswell . The chapel is now owned by the Province of Ontario . Early attempts were made by Charles I to enclose parts of the Blackdowns in the 1630s however this was opposed by the local lord and the commoners. He managed to enclose 1.634 acres (6,610 m ) and soon sold these, but many of the hedges and fences were removed during the English Civil War . This

1168-638: Is derived from a Celtic river-name meaning winding stream . The River Otter rises near Otterford , where a stream feeds the Otterhead lakes: ( ST225152 ). It then flows south for 32 kilometres (20 mi) through East Devon to the English Channel at the western end of Lyme Bay . The Permian and Triassic sandstone aquifer in the Otter Valley is one of Devon's largest groundwater sources, supplying drinking water to Taunton . The other rivers are

1241-452: Is different from Wikidata Monument Monuments result from social practices of construction or conservation of material artifacts through which the ideology of their promoters is manifested. The concept of the modern monument emerged with the development of capital and the nation-state in the fifteenth century when the ruling classes began to build and conserve what were termed monuments. These practices proliferated significantly in

1314-451: Is now a busy civilian airfield with a mix of light aircraft , microlights and parachuting . The Blackdown Hills AONB is unique in that there are no towns or cities within its boundary. Employment opportunities are concentrated in the surrounding towns and in a number of small-scale industrial parks — notably around Dunkeswell airfield. A resurgence of interest in local and sustainable food production has led to significant growth in

1387-465: Is often used to describe any structure that is a significant and legally protected historic work, and many countries have equivalents of what is called in United Kingdom legislation a Scheduled Monument , which often include relatively recent buildings constructed for residential or industrial purposes, with no thought at the time that they would come to be regarded as "monuments". Until recently, it

1460-659: Is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between 1 °C (34 °F) and 2 °C (36 °F). July and August are the warmest months, with mean daily maxima around 21 °C (70 °F). December is normally the most cloudy month and June the sunniest. High pressure over the Azores often brings clear skies to south-west England, particularly in summer. The average annual sunshine totals around 1,600 hours. Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic depressions or with convection. In summer, convection caused by solar surface heating sometimes forms shower clouds, and

1533-455: Is to be sustainably damaged or even destroyed. In addition to the national protection of cultural monuments, international organizations (cf. UNESCO World Heritage , Blue Shield International ) therefore try to protect cultural monuments. Recently, more and more monuments are being preserved digitally (in 3D models) through organisations as CyArk . Blackdown Hills National Landscape The Blackdown Hills , or Blackdowns , are

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1606-543: The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 . In total they cover 640 hectares (1,600 acres), or just under 2% of the AONB. Of these SSSIs, 79% were deemed by Natural England's predecessor body, English Nature to be being positively managed. The grasslands, heathland, meadows and mire support extensive populations of birds such as barn owls ( Tyto alba ) and nightjar , with butterflies including marbled white ( Melanargia galathea ), green hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi ) and

1679-419: The English Civil War it was held for Parliament , subjected to a brief but brutal siege and eventually slighted to destroy its military value. Parts of the castle walls, towers and moat still remain. They are a scheduled ancient monument and include displays of history and archaeology. The castle was also owned by General Sir John Graves Simcoe the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in 1792. He

1752-648: The European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) as internationally important habitats. Paleoenvironmental studies have shown that organic material began to accumulate on the Blackdown Hills in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods with areas of open meadow, grass land with small woodland components being identified. There are several Bronze Age burial sites including Robin Hood's Butts near Otterford . Notable archaeological sites include

1825-600: The Iron Age hill forts at Membury Castle , Hembury and Castle Neroche . Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure near Honiton . It dates to the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC and is believed to have been the capital of the Dumnonii tribe. The fort is situated on a promontory to the north of and overlooking the River Otter, Devon at approx 178 m (584 ft) above sea level. It has given its name to some of

1898-614: The M5 motorway running around the periphery. The Blackdowns form a natural region that has been designated as a national character area - No. 147 - by Natural England , the public body responsible for England's natural environment. Neighbouring natural regions are: the Devon Redlands to the west, the Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes to the north, the Mid Somerset Hills to the northeast,

1971-563: The Middle Ages . At Simonsburrow a battle between the native Britons and King Ine 's Saxon army, put an end (temporarily) to the Kings expansion to the west. In 710, Ine and Nothhelm fought against Geraint of Dumnonia , according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ; John of Worcester states that Geraint was killed in this battle. Ine's advance brought him control of what is now Devon ,

2044-534: The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 . However, National Parks, unlike AONBs, have their own authorities and have special legal powers to prevent unsympathetic development. By contrast, there are very limited statutory duties imposed on local authorities within an AONB. Further regulation and protection of AONBs was added by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 . The total population of

2117-567: The River Yarty and the Corry Brook . Villages in the northern, Somerset part of the hills include Staple Fitzpaine , Buckland St Mary , Whitestaunton , Wambrook and Churchstanton . The larger, more southerly area in Devon includes Dunkeswell , Luppitt , Upottery , Smeatharpe , Hemyock , Blackborough , Yarcombe , Membury , Stockland , Sheldon , Cotleigh and Chardstock . The geology of

2190-739: The Wellington Arch at Constitution Hill in London directly outside Apsley House , his former London home. Completed in 1846, the enormous scale of the 40 ton, 30 feet (9 m) high monument resulted in its removal in 1883, and the following year it was transported to Aldershot where it still stands near the Royal Garrison Church. A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Thomas Milnes at Woolwich Arsenal, which now stands in Wellington Park (1848) [REDACTED] Wellington statue, in

2263-681: The Yeovil Scarplands to the east and the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales to the southeast. Straddling the border of Somerset and Devon, the Blackdown Hills AONB covers an area of 370 square kilometres (143 sq mi). The hills reach their highest point of 315 metres (1,033 ft) above sea level at Staple Hill in Somerset. The hills in the southern part of the area, near Honiton in Devon, are more gentle. The Blackdown Hills are

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2336-643: The gatekeeper butterfly ( Pyronia tithonus ). The flora includes the heath spotted-orchid ( Dactylorhiza maculata ), corky fruited water dropwort ( Oenanthe pimpinelloides ), green-winged orchid ( Anacamptis morio ), heather ( Calluna vulgaris ), lousewort ( Pedicularis sylvatica ) and bird's-foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ). The hedgerows and woodlands are made up of ash , hazel ( Corylus avellana ), grey willow ( Salix cinerea ) and pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ) which support populations of hazel dormouse ( Muscardinus avellanarius ), common lizards , siskin , stinking iris ( Iris foetidissima ) and

2409-507: The purple hairstreak butterfly ( Neozephyrus quercus ). The rivers and streams are home to kingfisher , otter and the Daubenton's bat . Blackdown and Sampford Commons have extensive surviving examples of the heathland , carr woodland and marshy grassland habitats that have developed on the acidic soils overlying the Greensand and Keuper Marls of the Blackdown Hills. The heathland supports

2482-922: The 1809 in the Second Battle of Porto , Portugal The Duke's horse, Copenhagen , has a monument over his grave at Stratfield Saye House , Hampshire Stone statue of the Duke leaning against Copenhagen in Lower Newmarket Street, Falkirk , Stirlingshire. A bust in Alameda Gardens , Gibraltar. See also [ edit ] List of titles and honours of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wellington (disambiguation) Waterloo Memorial (disambiguation) References [ edit ] ^ "Aberystwyth residents help archaeologists excavate Pen Dinas hillfort" . BBC News . October 2021. ^ "English – Coflein" . ^ "The Wellington Monument: A Controversial Statue in

2555-535: The Blackdown Hills AONB in 2001 was 13,300; of which 10,500 live in Devon and 2,800 within Somerset. Many of the villages have their own parish councils which have some responsibility for local issues. The Blackdown Hills AONB is managed by a partnership of public bodies, local organisations and voluntary groups with an active interest in the hills. Funding is provided by Devon and Somerset County Councils, East Devon , Mid Devon , South Somerset and Taunton Deane Councils and Natural England . The AONB straddles

2628-465: The Blackdown Hills ranging from the 156-hectare (390-acre) Black Down and Sampford Commons to Reed Farm pit at just less than 1-hectare (2.5-acre). This British conservation designation is administered in England by Natural England for areas with significant ecological characteristics deemed worthy of protection from inappropriate development or from other damage, and (since 2000) from neglect, under

2701-447: The Blackdown Hills together with the adjoining East Devon AONB is unique in south-west England, forming part of the only extensive outcrop of Upper Greensand in the region. The Blackdown Hills form a flat plateau dominated by hard chert bands, made up of clay with flints, of Upper Greensand with some remnants of chalk . The Cretaceous rocks rest over eroded Jurassic and Triassic beds, with an outcrop of Rhaetian beds. In

2774-519: The Devil from Castle Neroche . According to legend if you prick them with a pin they draw blood. English word 'Stapol' means pillar or post and it is thought likely that this gave the village the first part of its name. The second part of the name comes from the Fitzpaine family who owned the manor between 1233 and 1393. A Roman bath house and Edwardian folly in the village of Whitestaunton were excavated by

2847-829: The Duke of Wellington, Great Hall, Guildhall" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2014-05-06 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "The military link continues..." Where We Are & Local History Brecon . Brecon Town Council. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "1861 – Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, Dublin" . Buildings of Ireland . Archiseek . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column" . Art & Architecture . The Courtauld Institute . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ Horton, Steven (2014-05-25). "WELLINGTON'S WAIT" . Liverpool Hidden History . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ "Baslow" . Discovering Derbyshire and

2920-668: The Duke's Hampshire residence, a column with statue on top, by Carlo Marochetti (1863) Wellington's Column in Liverpool by Mr George and Andrew Lawson (1865) Wellington Monument, Baslow , Derbyshire. A stone cross (1866) Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Hyde Park Corner , London, by Joseph Boehm (1888) A monument in St Paul's Cathedral , London, where he is buried. By Alfred Stevens (completed 1912) A bust in Porto where he led Anglo-Portuguese troops against French troops in

2993-996: The East End of Edinburgh , Scotland Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, East End of Princes Street, Edinburgh , by Sir John Steell (1848–52) Wellington Monument, Somerset , in the Blackdown Hills (commenced 1817, completed in 1854). This monument overlooks the town of Wellington, Somerset , from which Wellington's title was taken. A statue of Wellington by the sculptor Carlo Marochetti in Leeds, England , which now stands in Woodhouse Moor park (1855). His boots have been painted red, presumably by local students. A statue in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester , by Matthew Noble (1855/6) [REDACTED] Wellington Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester A monument in

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3066-722: The Great Hall of the Guildhall, London , by John Bell (1856) Duke of Wellington Statue, The Bulwark, Brecon , Wales, by John Evan Thomas (1858) [REDACTED] Engraving of Dublin's Wellington Testimonial including the never completed equestrian statue Wellington Monument, Dublin , by Robert Smirke (commenced 1817, completed 1861). This memorial in Phoenix Park is the tallest stone obelisk in Europe Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column , outside Stratfield Saye House ,

3139-573: The Iron Age hill fort of Pen Dinas overlooking Cardigan Bay and the Welsh town of Aberystwyth . The monument takes the form of an eighteen metre high upended cannon. It is thought that the column was intended to carry at statue at the top, which was never installed. (1850s) A monumental column and statue in his birthplace in Trim, County Meath , Ireland (1817) Wellington Monument, London , on Park Lane, London;

3212-447: The Latin " monumentum ", derived from the word moneo , monere , which means 'to remind' or 'to warn', suggesting a monument allows us to see the past thus helping us visualize what is to come in the future. In English the word "monumental" is often used in reference to something of extraordinary size and power, as in monumental sculpture , but also to mean simply anything made to commemorate

3285-2730: The Peak District . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . ^ The Green Park Arch, Wellington Place. Victorian London, Originally published in The Queen's London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 . Accessed September 2014 ^ Welford, John (2013-01-15). "Alfred Stevens and the Wellington Memorial in St Pauls Cathedral London" . Artists and Artwork . Fine Arts 360 . Retrieved 2014-10-04 . v t e Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Family Wife: Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Children: Arthur Charles Father: Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington Mother: Anne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington Brothers: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley Sister: Lady Anne Culling Smith Nephews and nieces: Richard Anne Henry Priscilla William Georgiana [REDACTED] Battles and wars Flanders Campaign Battle of Boxtel Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Battle of Seringapatam Second Anglo-Maratha War Battle of Assaye Peninsular War Battle of Roliça Battle of Vimeiro Second Battle of Porto Battle of Talavera Battle of Sabugal Third Siege of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Hundred Days Battle of Waterloo Homes Apsley House Stratfield Saye House Walmer Castle Memorials Wellington Arch Wellington's Column Wellington monuments Dublin London Somerset Wellington College, Berkshire Cultural depictions Statues Aldershot Glasgow London Royal Exchange Hyde Park Corner Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_monuments_to_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington&oldid=1244752857 " Categories : Lists of monuments and memorials to people Monuments to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

3358-537: The Second World War. According to local legend, the Holman Clavel Inn is the home of a hearth spirit called Chimbley Charlie. The Blackdown Hills have, since 1991, been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). As they have the same landscape quality, AONBs may be compared to the national parks of England and Wales . AONBs are created under the same legislation as the national parks :

3431-425: The affected sections of slopes. Along with the rest of south-west England, the Blackdown Hills have a temperate climate that is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England . The mean temperature is approximately 10 °C (50 °F) and shows a seasonal and a diurnal variation, but because of the modifying effect of the sea the range is less than in most other parts of the United Kingdom . January

3504-547: The archaeological television programme Time Team . There is also evidence of iron workings in the Romano-British period, at Dunkeswell, which radiocarbon dating has placed in the 2nd century. It has been suggested that these and other iron-based technologies gave the hills a fairly industrial landscape during the Romano-British period, providing a source of the name Blackdown Hills. Local iron ores were smelted at Hemyock in small bloomeries (furnaces) to produce pure iron until

3577-401: The borders of three parliamentary constituencies: Honiton and Sidmouth , Taunton and Wellington and Yeovil . Dunkeswell Abbey , a Cistercian monastery and offshoot of Forde Abbey , was founded in 1201 by William Briwere . The abbey was closed in 1539 and granted to Lord Russell. It was mostly demolished promptly, though a section remained in domestic use until the 19th century. In 1842,

3650-635: The case of the Great Wall of China , or because an event of great importance occurred there such as the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in France . Many countries use ' ancient monument ' or similar terms for the official designation of protected structures or archeological sites which may originally have been ordinary domestic houses or other buildings. Monuments are also often designed to convey historical or political information, and they can thus develop an active socio-political potency. They can be used to reinforce

3723-898: The dead, as a funerary monument or other example of funerary art . A formalist interpretation of monuments suggests their origins date back to antiquity and even prehistory. Archaeologists like Gordon Childe viewed ancient monuments as symbols of power. Historians such as Lewis Mumford proposed that the practice began with Paleolithic landmarks, which served as sites for communication with ancestral spirits. However, these perspectives often project modern uses of monuments onto ancient structures. In art history, monuments are seen as significant sculptural forms; in architecture and urban planning, they are crucial for city organization and mapping. These contemporary interpretations have been retroactively applied to ancient and non-Western structures. This modern concept of monuments aligns with how past constructions are labeled as monuments today. Françóise Choay highlights

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3796-477: The debate touches on the social mechanisms that combine with Remembrance. These are acceptance of the monument as an object, the conveyed contents and the impact of these contents. Monuments are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location. Planned cities such as Washington, D.C. , New Delhi and Brasília are often built around monuments. For example, the Washington Monument 's location

3869-441: The designation of 16  Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). There is evidence of human occupation since the Iron Age . Fortifications include the remains of ancient hill forts , Norman motte-and-bailey castles and Second World War airfields. There are also religious buildings such as Dunkeswell Abbey and village churches. The hills are crossed by a network of minor roads with major transport routes including

3942-542: The distinction between these views: "The historic monument is a precisely datable invention of the West... exported and diffused beyond Europe from the late nineteenth century." Basically, the definition framework of the term monument depends on the current historical frame conditions. Aspects of the Culture of Remembrance and cultural memory are also linked to it, as well as questions about the concepts of public sphere and durability (of

4015-547: The earliest Neolithic pottery in southern Britain . An Iron Age hill fort was later built on the same site. There has been archaeological evidence found on the site of Roman military occupation, suggesting a fort within the existing Iron Age site. It is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument . Fourteen hill slope enclosures, dating from the Iron Age have been identified on the Blackdown Hills, and prehistoric remains, from about 100 BC, have been found in Hemyock . Castle Neroche

4088-603: The former East German socialist state may have seen the Berlin Wall as a means of 'protection' from the ideological impurity of the west, dissidents and others would often argue that it was symbolic of the inherent repression and paranoia of that state. This contention of meaning is a central theme of modern 'post processual' archaeological discourse. While many ancient monuments still exist today, there are notable incidents of monuments being intentionally or accidentally destroyed and many monuments are likely to have disappeared through

4161-498: The hills between Axminster and Honiton, including a tunnel section east of Honiton. The Culm Valley Light Railway opened in 1876, having been built by local enterprise. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway , which had operated it from the start, in 1880. The line closed to passengers in 1963 but served the milk depot at Hemyock until its closure in 1975. Dunkeswell Aerodrome ( IATA : N/A , ICAO : EGTU )

4234-471: The monuments in their jurisdiction, there are institutions dedicated on the efforts to protect and preserve monuments that considered to possess special natural or cultural significance for the world, such as UNESCO 's World Heritage Site programme and World Monuments Fund . Cultural monuments are also considered to be the memory of a community and are therefore particularly at risk in the context of modern asymmetrical warfare. The enemy's cultural heritage

4307-402: The need for their conservation, given that a fundamental component of state action following the construction or declaration of monuments is litigating vandalism and iconoclasm. However, not all monuments represent the interests of nation-states and the ruling classes; their forms are also employed beyond Western borders and by social movements as part of subversive practices which use monuments as

4380-562: The new border with Dumnonia being the river Tamar . Just to the north of Culmstock , at Culmstock Beacon, is one of a chain of Elizabethan beacons built to warn of possible invasion by the Spanish Armada . On 5 November 1380, King Richard II granted Sir William and Lady Margaret Asthorpe a licence to crenellate the Hemyock manor house, meaning the permission to fortify it. Over the centuries, Hemyock Castle had many notable owners including Lord Chief Justice Sir John Popham . During

4453-411: The nineteenth century, creating the ideological frameworks for their conservation as a universal humanist duty. The twentieth century has marked a movement toward some monuments being conceived as cultural heritage in the form of remains to be preserved, and concerning commemorative monuments, there has been a shift toward the abstract counter monument. In both cases, their conflictive nature is explicit in

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4526-431: The north aisle was added and the church refenestrated in the 15th century. The tower dates from about 1500. The south porch and the vestry are much more recent, dating from 1841. The crenellated 3-stage tower, has merlons pierced with trefoil headed arches set on a quatrefoil pierced parapet . The church has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building . The Blackdown Hills are crossed by

4599-404: The one memorized) and the form and content of the monument (work-like monument). From an art historical point of view, the dichotomy of content and form opens up the problem of the "linguistic ability" of the monument. It becomes clear that language is an eminent part of a monument and it is often represented in "non-objective" or "architectural monuments", at least with a plaque. In this connection,

4672-615: The passage of time and natural forces such as erosion. In 772 during the Saxon Wars , Charlemagne intentionally destroyed an Irminsul monument in order to desecrate the pagan religion. In 1687 the Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed by a Venetian mortar round, which set off the store of gunpowder kept there by the Turkish defenders. A recent archeological dig in central France uncovered

4745-421: The placing of a traffic cone on Wellington's head. [REDACTED] Wellington astride Copenhagen his charger statue on Round Hill, Aldershot . Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Aldershot , originally at Hyde Park Corner, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1846). In 1838 a proposal to build a statue of Wellington resulted in the building of a giant statue of him on his horse Copenhagen , placed above

4818-676: The primacy of contemporary political power, such as the column of Trajan or the numerous statues of Lenin in the Soviet Union . They can be used to educate the populace about important events or figures from the past, such as in the renaming of the old General Post Office Building in New York City to the James A. Farley Building , after James Farley , former Postmaster General of the United States . To fulfill its informative and educative functions

4891-455: The remains of a Megalithic monument that had been previously destroyed "Like some monuments, including Belz in Morbihan , the menhirs of Veyre-Monton were knocked down in order to make them disappear from the landscape. Pushed into large pits, sometimes mutilated or covered with earth, these monoliths have been destroyed. 'object of iconoclastic gestures, a sort of condemnation perhaps linked to some change of community or beliefs " The term

4964-458: The strong patterning of the landscape. Many of the images that he produced in the area are now in national museums. In the Second World War , airbases were built at Dunkeswell , Upottery and Culmhead . Dunkeswell Aerodrome ( IATA : N/A , ICAO : EGTU ) was built in the Second World War by the RAF , briefly used by the USAF , and then the Fleet Airwing 7 of the USN . It was the only American Navy air base commissioned on UK soil during

5037-408: The western areas the Upper Greensand is devoid of calcareous material but the sands yield fossils of marine bivalves and gastropods (snails) preserved in silica . A high proportion of the steeper slopes of the Blackdowns are affected by landslides, the long northern scarp of the range in particular. Typically there are patchy deposits of head (clays, sands and gravels of local origin) found beneath

5110-593: Was conceived by L'Enfant to help organize public space in the city, before it was designed or constructed. Older cities have monuments placed at locations that are already important or are sometimes redesigned to focus on one. As Shelley suggested in his famous poem " Ozymandias " (" Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! "), the purpose of monuments is very often to impress or awe. Structures created for other purposes that have been made notable by their age, size or historic significance may also be regarded as monuments. This can happen because of great age and size, as in

5183-475: Was customary for archaeologists to study large monuments and pay less attention to the everyday lives of the societies that created them. New ideas about what constitutes the archaeological record have revealed that certain legislative and theoretical approaches to the subject are too focused on earlier definitions of monuments. An example has been the United Kingdom 's Scheduled Ancient Monument laws. Other than municipal or national government that protecting

5256-477: Was followed by further attempts at enclosure in 1658 but again only about a third was successfully enclosed, which remained the situation until 1833 when the rest of the hills were enclosed. Coldharbour Mill was built around 1800 to exploit the available water power of the River Culm and was used for wool and yarn production until its commercial closure in 1981. It is now managed by an educational trust and plays

5329-557: Was inspired by an Egyptian obelisk , but in the shape of the type of bayonet used by Wellington's armies. It is now owned by the National Trust , and is floodlit at night. The artist Robert Polhill Bevan worked in the Blackdown Hills from 1912 to 1925 as a guest of landowner and amateur artist Harold Harrison. Until the end of his life Bevan continued to paint in the Bolham valley and nearby Luppitt his angular style sitting well with

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