Bygone Salisbury: Remembering Salisbury's Grange Hotel
In 1995 demolition workmen carried out the final rites on a landmark that for nearly 100 years was, successively, a private house, a hotel and a…
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In 1995 demolition workmen carried out the final rites on a landmark that for nearly 100 years was, successively, a private house, a hotel and a…
Monolith ripped from ground and dragged down the hill - before runners try returning it THE monolith on the Laverstock Downs has been ripped from the ground and was dragged to the bottom of the hill, before being returned by runners this morning. But the runners were unable to return the monolith to it's original position, as the spike was too bent out of shape to go back in the ground. It is the latest in a number that have been appearing at locations around the world - including in the desert of Utah in the United States. Melenie Murphy spotted the monolith had been uprooted ...
The mystery monolith sited near Salisbury courtesy Jon Scammell Unattributed metal sculptures springing up across the globe have undoubtedly caught the public imagination. When a shiny obelisk popped up in Utah in November, conspiracy theorists went wild (speculation still surrounds the origins and current whereabouts of the Utah monolith which vanished into thin air later the same month). Then the discovery of a similar structure on a mountainside in Romania made waves. Now another monolith has materialised near Salisbury in Wiltshire, UK, in the picturesque setting of L...
A monolith has appeared on the Laverstock Downs near Salisbury. It is the latest in a number that have been appearing at locations around the world - including in the desert of Utah in the United States. Jenny Istead came across the monolith during her usually walk with her family and two dogs Ruby and Pembroke. She said: "It was an unusual morning. I walk my dogs very early, we go up the downs at about 7 o'clock so it's just starting to get light. We were making our way up the hill and I thought 'gosh, what on earth is that?'.
Friday January 1, 2021, 10:20 AM The monolith was spotted by a ITV West Country cameraman when he was walking the family dog near Salisbury.. Credit: Jon Scammell A mysterious metal monolith has appeared near Salisbury in Wiltshire, the latest in a number that have been springing up all over the world. The eight feet tall structure was spotted on Laverstock Downs early on New Year's Day by ITV West Country cameraman Jon Scammell as he was walking the family dog, Honey. Jon Scammell said, "I thought this was amazing. I've heard about the monoliths appearing on Glastonbury Tor, the Isle of Wig...