Obelisk and sheep on Hoo Hill, dusk
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The photograph on this page of Obelisk and sheep on Hoo Hill, dusk by Robin Stott as part of the Geograph project.
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Obelisk and sheep on Hoo Hill, dusk
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 2 Nov 2012
This view of the obelisk is from beside the scary B5000 Grendon Road. It was probably erected in the 1850s to mark the supposed site of the Norman chapel of St Leonard at Hoo, demolished in 1538 in the course of Henry VIII's suppression of the monasteries. Hoo has the same meaning as hoe, howe and heugh: a spur of land, "a height enduring abruptly or steeply". More of the story of this perplexing site is at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.613662
Longitude
-1.600753