Lansdowne Monument

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The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre{{Cite web |title=BBC Wiltshire – Moonraking – Ley lines |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/moonraking/spooky_leylines.shtml |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}} (125 foot) stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty (1623–1687).

The monument was designated as Grade II* listed in 1986,{{National Heritage List for England|num=1253569|desc=The Lansdowne Monument|access-date=25 March 2016}} and restored by the National Trust in 1990. In 2010 fencing was erected around the monument to protect visitors from falling masonry.{{Cite web |title=Lansdowne Monument in Wiltshire to remain boarded up |url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/23848638.lansdowne-monument-wiltshire-remain-boarded/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.gazetteandherald.co.uk}}

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