Andy Rodker

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Posted: 12 Apr 2023


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Basset Monument, Carn Brea.

Basset Monument, Carn Brea.
Monument erected in 1836 in memory of Francis Basset, First Baron de Dunstaville, an influential mine owner. Paid for by public subscription by legions of grateful miners (or so they say - I have my doubts that ANY mine owner would have been that beloved by his serfs / minions / slaves!).
Perhaps marginally better on large for stonework detail.

malona, Heide, sea-herdorf, Cämmerer zu Nau and 32 other people have particularly liked this photo


23 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Magnificent capture! Stay well!

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13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thank you, William!
13 months ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Mémorable monument historique bien présenté.
Bon et agréable jeudi.
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Many thanks, Malik!
13 months ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
Very impressive monument! I loved your comment. It made me laugh.
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Eunice Perkins club
Pleased to have been of service, Eunice!
13 months ago.
 Madeleine Defawes
Madeleine Defawes club
Superbe image avec ce monument qui domine un beau paysage !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
13 months ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Impressive monument and what a view one has from there.
13 months ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Sehr schön hast du dieses Denkmal gezeigt lieber Andy :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
13 months ago.
 MaggsMep
MaggsMep club
Call me cynical but that's definitely a folly paid for by Francis himself!!
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to MaggsMep club
Well, Maggie, if the good folk of the Redruth and Camborne mining district genuinely DID donate from their meagre earnings, they were a stranger lot than I could ever imagine!
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Impressive, Andy !
13 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
An interesting looking structure..............it and the surrounding large rocks stands out well in the surrounding landscape. A nicely composed and taken shot Andy (yay.......I got your name right)!

The people at the base of the monument look like a hoody-wearing pair of young lads. As to the "public subscriptions" I would guess that they were probably taken directly out of the miners pay!
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Keith Burton club
You may be right, Keith. His Baronship might well have been a sterling geezer but I retain my suspicions about the whole thing, as I can see you do too!
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
Wonderful view from there, Andy. I think that guy is wearing a hoodie.
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jenny McIntyre club
You may be right, Jenny. I've been in Spain these past dozen years or so and fashion there never extended to hoodies, so I was a little bit puzzled!
Many thanks!
13 months ago.
 Scott Holcomb
Scott Holcomb club
The ungrateful chap with the strange headgear is attempting to remain anonymous so as to avoid paying a "subscription" to the Baron's estate!!
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Scott Holcomb club
That's a nicely surreal take on it, Scott!
13 months ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
HMMMMMM !!
13 months ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
A superb picture and information Andy. I do wonder how people back then could treat their workers with such distain, but I hope there is a grain of truth in the information you give us.
13 months ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
spectaculat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Impressive. Reminds me of a quite similar one we have on northern frontier with Galicia…
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Xata club
What does that one celebrate, Isabel? This one would seem to celebrate someone's ego!
13 months ago.

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