Falmouth’s Pyramid

This is the Killigrew Monument and can be found opposite Arwenack Manor at Grove Place in Falmouth. It is a dressed granite steep pyramidal obelisk, 44-feet high on a stepped square-on-plan base. The original cost to build was £455 1s 11½d and was erected by Martin Lister Killigrew of Arwenack.
It is assumed by many to be a memorial to the Killigrew family, although there is no inscription anywhere on the pyramid to confirm this. The monument was erected in 1738 by Martin Lister who took the Killigrew family name after marrying Anne Killigrew with the hope of continuing the line, but Martin Lister Killigrew died without an heir. It has been re-sited twice the second time in 1871.

Paddy enjoyed a few minutes in the greenery surrounding it after walking down town on the cold tarmac.