Not Studley Pike

Another memorial to the Duke of Wellington’s 1815 victory this one on the grassy hill of Peniel Heugh, Ancrum is 150ft high on top of a 774ft hill which means the Waterloo Monument can be seen from miles around.
The monument in the form of a ‘Triumphal Column’ was designed by Archibald Elliot and begun in 1817. It took 10 years to build, the stone being quarried locally. The inscription inlaid in letters of lead on the base reads:
‘To The Duke of Wellington and the British Army William Kerr VI Marquess of Lothian And His Tenantry Dedicate This Monument XXX June MDCCCXV’
See extra Monteviot suspension bridge
 

 

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