Monument on Chapel Hill is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Monument.

Monument on Chapel Hill

WRENN ID
lunar-rubblework-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Monument
Address
Monument on Chapel Hill, Tharston and Hapton
OS grid reference
TM 193 958
Coordinates
52.51671, 1.23102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument on Chapel Hill in Low Tharston was erected in 1897. It features a square stone pedestal topped with an urn, resting on a brick plinth. The inscription reads, "AD 1897 In this Jubilee year of HM Queen Victoria about 100 skeletons were discovered on this hill together with some Roman pottery." An oak tree has grown beside the monument, and its roots are causing the structure to topple.

Local climate

Monument on Chapel Hill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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