Hardy Monument — Black Down

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. The Hardy Monument on Black Down. Not a portrait.

Overview

The monument is already on Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. The 72-foot Hardy Monument stands on Black Down above Portisham. It was built by public subscription in 1844.¹

The Monument

This note covers that monument only. Architect, stone type, and later restorations stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Spoken lines stay on the Hardy note and the source card, not here.

It is visible up to sixty miles offshore and is on Admiralty navigation charts. Hardy died at Greenwich on 20 September 1839.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• @beatty1807nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Legacy_Historiography
• Commemoration_Monuments_Index

Same Subject

• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory
• HMS Victory — Overview
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• Age of Sail — Era Overview
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Footnotes

1. 72-foot; Black Down above Portisham; public subscription 1844: Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. ↩

2. Visible up to sixty miles offshore; on Admiralty navigation charts; died Greenwich 20 September 1839: same note. Do not invent an architect, a stone type, or a later restoration. Do not recopy spoken lines. ↩