Survey Data
Reg No
31312102
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1745 - 1755
Coordinates
118723, 259263
Date Recorded
16/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding monument, dated 1750; extant 1838, on a square plan. "Restored", 1990. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Neale House.
Appraisal
A stepped pyramid erected by John Browne MP (d. 1762), de jure fifth Baronet Browne of The Neale, to a design attributed to James Caulfield (1728-99), first Earl of Charlemont (Bence-Jones 1988, 222), as a memorial to George Browne MP (d. 1737), de jure fourth Baronet Browne of The Neale: meanwhile, observations pertaining to 'the nucleus of a cairn…maybe that erected over Slainge himself' (Wilde 1867, 240-1) pinpoint the archaeological potential of the composition.