Obelisk in Beacon Plantation at Ngr 6384 4591 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Obelisk.
Obelisk in Beacon Plantation at Ngr 6384 4591
- WRENN ID
- third-gable-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Obelisk in Beacon Plantation at Ngr 6384 4591, Doulting
- OS grid reference
- ST 638 459
- Coordinates
- 51.21122, -2.51902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk in Beacon Plantation is an ancient monument situated on a tumulus. Its date is unknown, and it is constructed from dressed stone. The obelisk has a square plan and features a broken top, standing approximately 2 meters high. It is recorded as Somerset County Number 237d and has a photograph available in the National Monuments Record.
Local climate
Obelisk in Beacon Plantation at Ngr 6384 4591 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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