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Penshaw Monument (officially known as The Earl of Durham's Monument) is a folly built in 1844 on Penshaw Hill in between Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Penshaw Monument is dedicated to John George Lambton, the first Earl of Durham and the first Governor of the Province of Canada.
The hill on which the monument stands was presented by Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Penshaw Monument is a half-sized replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in...
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