Farley Mount
Hill in United Kingdom
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::summary Hill in United Kingdom ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Farley Mount |
| photo | Farley_mount.JPG |
| elevation_m | 174 |
| elevation_ref | |
| location | Hampshire, England |
| map | England |
| label_position | right |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates | |
| grid_ref_UK | SU403290 |
| :: |
| name = Farley Mount | photo = Farley_mount.JPG | elevation_m = 174 | elevation_ref = | location = Hampshire, England | map = England |range_coordinates = | label_position = right | map_size = 200 |coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | grid_ref_UK = SU403290
Farley Mount is a hill in Hampshire that gives its name to Farley Mount Country Park, about four miles west of the city of Winchester. A trig point and an 18th-century monument stand on the summit, 174 m above sea-level.
Monument
On top of the mount is a folly, which is a monument and burial place marker to a horse named 'Beware Chalk Pit', which carried its owner to a racing victory in 1734, a year after falling into a 25 ft deep chalk pit while out hunting.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Aerial_shot_of_Farley_Mount_and_Monument.jpg" caption="Farley Mount"] ::
The monument is the subject of Timothy Corsellis' poem 'the first great goodbye'. Corsellis, an alumnus of Winchester College who lived in the early–mid-20th century, wrote "I'll plant myself on Cheesefoot Head/and miles of Hampshire will I tread,/I'll turn my nose to Farley Mount/No ugly bypass need I count, And in a second I'll be there/ Or in the beech woods standing near".
There are plaques on the interior and exterior of the monument, which read:
::quote Underneath lies buried a horse, the property of [[Sir Paulet St John, 1st Baronet ::
The obelisk is Grade II listed. A short distance to the north-west is a hilltop enclosure, a scheduled monument thought to date from the Iron Age.
References
References
- "The Horse Monument at Farley Mount". Hampshire County Council.
- (2018). "The Buildings of England Hampshire: South". Yale University Press.
- (4 Jan 2013). "The Unassuming Sky: The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis". Cambridge Scholars.
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