This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
SO 61 SW CINDERFORD SPEECH HOUSE ROAD (north side)
9/33 Obelisk opposite Speech House Hotel
II
Obelisk, probably C18, ashlar. Square base, about lm high with plain plinth, two courses stone and plain flat top with chamfered underside. Small base and obelisk above restored 1957 (plaque on side) but base had survived on its own for many years previously.
Inscription notes that it marks the traditional centre of the Forest of Dean (old photo in hotel).
Listing NGR: SO6200612166
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1850 IOE Records taken by Derek Simmonds; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr Derek Simmonds. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Simmonds, Derek
Rights Holder: Simmonds, Derek
Ashlar, Stuart Obelisk, Georgian Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden Ornament, Plaque, Commemorative, Commemorative Monument
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