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The Elba Monument


The Elba Monument stands on Monument Hill, about ½ mile south-west of Burneside in Cumbria. Built in 1814, the monument is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.

In Honour of William Pitt
the pilot that weathered the storm
Elba

James Bateman of Tolson Hall intended to inscribe these words on this monument, when he built it in 1814. But owing to Napoleon's escape from Elba the inscription was not engraved. A century later this tablet was placed here in 1914 by Charles Cropper of Ellergreen.

Burneside Historic Buildings and Monuments in Strickland Ketel 1814
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ELBA MONUMENT - List Entry
- Monument erected in 1814 by James Bateman of Tolson Hall. Roughly squared and coursed limestone on 2-stage plinth with ashlar dressings. A plaque (now missing) apparently stated: "In honour of …
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