a Lincolnshire landmark

Pelham's Pillar visible from many parts of North Lincolnshire is closed to the public and inaccessible but I was fortunate to climb to the top of the tower in the 1960's when my father was a friend of the local gamekeeper; built between 1840 and 1849 it was built to mark the planting of 12.5 million trees in what are now the woods that stretch from the Pillar to Brocklesby; The Portland stone of which it is constructed was shipped to the Humber and then ferried by horse and cart to the site.