The Nelson's Monument is a commemorative column or tower built in memorial to one of Norfolk’s most famous sons Admiral Horatio Nelson. It is situated on the Denes, Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk.
Designed by architect William Wilkins, it was raised in the period 1817-1819 from money raised by a committee of local magnates.
The Grade 1 monument, correctly called the Norfolk Naval Pillar, is in the style of a Doric column topped by six caryatid figures that support a statue of Brittania proudly standing atop a globe inscribed with the motto from Nelson’s coat of arms ‘Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat’ (translates to 'Let him who has merited it take the palm'), she holds an olive branch in her outstretched right hand, a trident in her left and looks inland - said to be towards Nelson's birthplace.
That’s all I propose to tell you about the monument as around it’s base there are five signs that tell more about the monument and the career of Lord Nelson. If you walk around the column reading the signs you should not only be a bit more informed about Nelson but you should gain the answers to the following questions.
Death by Beauty. Someone fell to their death off the column in 18FA
Nelson returned home from Aboukir in 180B to visit Great Yarmouth
Nelson entered the Navy in 17C1
The Battle of Copenhagen was in 180D
The monument has 21E internal steps
If you fill in numbers for the appropriate letters in the following you will get the co-ordinates for the final location:
N 52 35.ABC E 001 44.DEF
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The monument is also the first stage for the multicache NC5 The Nelson Touch GCTX78 which takes you on a longer trip around Nelson related places in Great Yarmouth so you may wish to solve the first clue for that while you are here.
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