built with Grinshill stone, and said to be the largest Grecian-Doric
column in the world. The first stone was laid on the 27th December,
1814, and the last on June 18th, 1816. The total height of the column is
133 feet 6 inches. The colossal statute on the summit was executed from
a model by Panzetta. The inscriptions on the pedestal relate the skill
and courage displayed by Lieutenant-General Rowland Lord Hill in Spain,
Portugal, the South of France, and on the memorable plains of Waterloo.
Admission to the Column is obtained by means of a gratuity to the keeper
who resides in the adjacent pretty Doric cottage on the left, and from
the top a splendid panoramic view of Shropshire rewards the ascender of
the winding staircase. To the right of the Column is