Countess Pillar

Countess Pillar near Brougham

Countess Pillar

Where is it – England, North West England

Who looks after it –  English Heritage 

What is it –  Curiosity, Free access, Memorial 

When is it from – Stuart

The Countess Pillar is an interesting and unique monument not far from Brougham Castle. It was erected in 1656 by the redoubtable Lady Anne Clifford to commemorate her final parting with her mother in 1616. Her mother was living at Brougham and later died there. Lady Anne, on that occasion, set off to her own grand home at the time, Knole, in Kent. The pillar has sundials on three faces and family insignia on the fourth. There’s an adjacent stone where money was left for the poor on each anniversary of the parting.

The pillar is not easy to get to, because of the fast A66 road that runs alongside. It is on the south west-bound carriageway. Take the turning off the A66 to Brougham Castle, park on an unused section of old road and walk east along a path.

 


Address

Brougham, Cumbria CA10 2AB 

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