Wychbury Hill
| Wychbury Hill | |
|---|---|
 Wychbury Hill looking towards Wychbury Obelisk | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Stourbridge, West Midlands, England |
| OS grid | SO920817 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer 219 |
Wychbury Hill is a hill situated off the A456 Birmingham Road, at Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire.
It is divided between the
On the flank of the hill is a folly in the shape of a Greek Doric temple, in fact a miniature replica of the end of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. Built in 1758, it was England's first example of Neoclassical architecture. The temple is currently in a seriously dilapidated and vandalised condition. It is a listed building on private land and permanently fenced off to the public.
In 1999 the obelisk was defaced with graffiti referring to the unsolved post World War II mystery: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? when the decomposed body of a woman was found in a nearby wood.[3] The graffiti was not removed during the restoration of the obelisk in 2010 [4]
External links
See also
- List of hill forts in England
References
- ^ "Wychbury Ring". English Heritage. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Wychbury Obelisk restoration work complete". Natural England. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Murder mystery returns to haunt village". BBC. 12 August 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Hagley Obelisk celebrations to go with a bang". Stourbridge News. 9 November 2010.
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