A Son of the Rock

We had quite a few times passed by the are and saw this monument up on a hill but didn’t know what it was until a friend from Sunderland guided us to it.

It’s the Penshaw Monument (more properly the Earl of Durham’s Monument) though in a Sunderland accent it sounded more like Penshore.

The Earl of Durham was an eighteenth century politician and liberal reformer

Approach to monument. The path up is one of those annoying ones whose steps don’t fit a normal stride pattern, so it’s quite a climb:-

The Monument:-

View west from monument showing path:-

View southeast from monument:-

View to Sunderland:-