Hoad Monument

Hoad Monument is a 100 ft tower at the top of Hoad Hill, to the north-east of Ulverston inside the Furness location of north-west England. Paid for specifically by using public subscription, the monument become erected in 1850 at a price of £1250. It commemorates Sir John Barrow who was born in Ulverston in 1764. Sir John became a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society, and held diverse government posts inside the 19th century turning into the Second Secretary to the Admiralty. The monument is not a lighthouse: it has in no way had a functional mild.

It was designed to resemble one, and is just like the Third Eddystone Lighthouse. It is a Grade II listed building, which means that it is of extra than nearby hobby, and the monument stands as one of the iconic symbols of the Northwest of England. It is built of limestone quarried regionally at Birkrigg Common. Due to its extended and uncovered function, it's far one of the maximum prominent landmarks in Cumbria. The hollow tower may be ascended thru a spiral stone staircase of 112 steps. At the pinnacle, eight apertures provide a 360-diploma landscape of the Furness Peninsula, Morecambe Bay and the southern Lake District. In recent instances the formerly open apertures have been glazed.