Monument And Adjacent Stone 300 Metres South-West Of Moor Gate

The monument, dated 1892, is made of shap granite and features a tapering pyramid-topped obelisk on a splayed plinth and square base, standing at an overall height of 3 metres. The inscription on the plinth reads, "AT THIS STAND (CARBUS) WERE SHOT 190 GROUSE AT A SINGLE DRIVE LASTING TWENTY FIVE MINUTES BY SIR FREDERICK MILBANK BART. M.P. ON THE 20TH AUGUST 1872 AT WHICH TIME JOSEPH COLLINSON WAS HEAD KEEPER. ERECTED BY LADY MILBANK IN COMMEMORATION 1892." The base has an inscription stating, "TOTAL BAG, AUGUST 20TH 1872 2,070 GROUSE (SIX SHOOTERS). TOTAL KILLED IN THE SEASON 17,064 GROUSE ON WEMMERGILL MOOR." An adjacent stone notes, "THIS MEMORIAL WAS REMOVED FROM WEMMERGILL MOOR TO THIS SITE AFTER SIR FREDERICK MILBANK CAME INTO POSSESSION OF BARNINGHAM MOOR." The monument holds social-historical significance as it commemorates the events that took place on Wemmergill Moor, located south-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale.