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The Elba Monument, Burneside
The Elba Monument on Monument Hill, Hollins Lane, Burneside, near Kendal, Cumbria.
The Elba Monument was erected in 1814 by James Bateman of Tolson Hall to act both as a memorial to William Pitt and to celebrate the imprisonment of Napoleon.
(On private land. No public access).
The inscription on the monument reads:
"IN HONOUR OF WILLIAM PITT
The pilot that weathered the storm. ELBA
James Bateman of Tolson Hall intended to inscribe these words on this monument when he built it in 1814.
But owing to Napoleon's escape from Elba the inscription was not engraved. A century later this tablet was placed here in 1914 by Charles Cropper of Ellergreen."
Author: Joan Martin
© Joan Martin (PHOTO NORTH). All Rights Reserved.
Photograph size: 19.5 Mpixels (55.7 MB uncompressed) - 5400x3606 pixels (18x12 in / 45.7x30.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Published in: Staveley and Burneside
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