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| Keywords: Killigrew Obelisk (DSCN0294).jpg Killigrew Obelisk Arwenack Street opposite Arwenack Manor House Falmouth It is devoid of any inscription Erected by Martin Lister d 1745 of Staffordshire who adopted the surname Killigrew in lieu of his patronymic http //www bbc co uk/cornwall/content/articles/2005/06/28/coast05walks_stage2_feature shtml having married in 1689 Anne Killigrew d 1727 youngest daughter of Sir Peter Killigrew 2nd Baronet d 1705 of Arwenack He died without progeny being thus the last of the Killigrews He wrote History of Killigrew Family published in Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall April 1871 Local gossip has it that there are two glass bottles inside the monument last seen when the obelisk was moved in the 1830s containing something - perhaps a clue as to what Martin wanted you to think while you look at his monument www bbc See oil painting depicting topping-out ceremony in Falmouth Art Galleryhttp //www bbc co uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-killigrew-monument-the-pyramid-arwenack-14760 Own 2007-03-23 Vernon39 Falmouth Cornwall Photographs by Vernon White Monuments and memorials in Cornwall Arwenack Falmouth Pyramids in England | ||||
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