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The Hardy Monument

Black Down, near Portesham, Dorset

A tower for the 'Kiss me, Hardy' admiral, not the novelist.

This tower honours Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, captain of HMS Victory at Trafalgar, to whom the dying Nelson is said to have spoken the famous words 'Kiss me, Hardy'. Many visitors assume it is for Thomas Hardy the novelist.

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When
Built 1844
Where
50.6820, -2.5480
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

National Trust. Open to climb on summer weekends.

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