Keppel's Column, Scholes
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Keppel's Column, Scholes by Christopher Thomas as part of the Geograph project.
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Keppel's Column, Scholes
Image: © Christopher Thomas Taken: 25 Sep 2005
The column is 35m high, and built in 1778 in honour of Admiral Augustus Viscount Keppel. Due to coal mining subsidence the column is no longer open to the public.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.447636
Longitude
-1.415763