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Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge is a Georgian stone monument located in Huntingdonshire. The obelisk dates to the eighteenth century and represents the architectural tastes of the period, when such commemorative or ornamental structures were commonly erected on estates and in landscapes. The monument is constructed of ashlar stone and maintains a characteristic tapering pyramidal form typical of Georgian obelisks. Its precise original purpose and the circumstances of its erection remain subjects of historical investigation, though it stands as evidence of eighteenth-century landscape design and patronage in the region.
Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006830. View the official record →
Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge is a Georgian stone monument located in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006830.
Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The priory barn: remains of the Benedictine priory at Saint Ives (1.3 km), St Ives Bridge (1.3 km), Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.