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The Triumphal Arch at Shugborough is most likely to have been the first of the park monuments undertaken by Stewart and certainly the most prominent. Work started soon after 1761 and was completed in 1765. It is based on the Arch of Hadrian in Athens. In 1760, Thomas Anson suffered a huge loss, with the death of his close friend and sister-in-law, Elizabeth York, and again in 1762, with the death of his brother George. Thomas memorialised them both by adding their busts in the outer arches. In the central arch, Thomas added an ‘aplustre’, a commemorative plaque. It depicts naval trophies and other attributes linked to his Admiral brother’s illustrious life.

Staffordshire Miners' memorial at Apedale. The wheel came from Annesley Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

This morning I took a stroll up the hill to the Staffordshire Miners' memorial at Apedale. The wheel came from Annesley Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

This sculpture and rail wagon stand beside the Llangollen Canal at Froncysyllte as a reminder of the local lime industry. The nearby Froncysyllte kilns were supplied from the Pen-y-graig quarries to the south-west. Stone was brought down a 2ft gauge self-acting incline. The works was formerly worked by the Chirk Castle Lime & Stone Co Ltd and later by Harry Williams & Son. In 1958 the incline was closed and lifted and the quarries closed by 1965.

Evening draws nigh at Burra where we had stopped to view the "Monster Mine" that once yielded significant amounts of copper. This is a nice little town with a lot of heritage features to seek out.