Obelisk on Breach Hill Lane, near Chew Stoke

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Obelisk on Breach Hill Lane, near Chew Stoke

Image: © Rick Crowley Taken: 30 Mar 2012

An obelisk on Breach Hill Lane, dating from the early-to-mid-19th century, is said to have been built as a waterworks marker. It has a square limestone plinth about 3 feet (1 m) high. The obelisk is about 32 feet (10 m) high with a pyramidal top and small opening at the top on two sides.Decorative column housing an air vent from the 'Line of Works', the original gravity-fed system taking water from the source of the Chew to Barrow settling tanks. See http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=198162&sort=4&search=all&criteria=breach&rational=q&recordsperpage=10#aRt

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