Local Notes and Queries: … Queries: … 2044: Burton Pynsent Monument: I have been told that somewhere about the middle of last century the owner of the land on which the monument near Currv Rivel stands decided pull it down for the sake of the money he could obtain from the sale of the materials, and that the column was only saved by a few public-spirited persons raising sufficient funds to purchase it: Could you kindly say if there any truth in this statement? H. W.
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