Farley Mount is one of the highest points in Hampshire at 174 metres ASL (571ft). It is in Farley Mount Country Park, about four miles west of the historic city of Winchester, Hampshire.
A folk song, 'On Farley Mount' included the lines:
"oh on Farley Mount
the clouds drift by,
rustling the trees,
on Farley mount I wonder why,
what troubles you and I,
blue is the sky
and so are your eyes,
oh left alone on Farley Mount".
These words are believed to date back to at least the sixteenth century and are sometimes sung in pubs in the area.Шаблон:Citation needed
Monument
On top of the mount is a folly, which is a monument and burial place marker to a horse named 'Beware Chalk Pit', which carried its owner to a racing victory in 1734, a year after falling into a Шаблон:Convert deep chalk pit while out hunting.[1][2]
The monument is the subject of Timothy Corsellis' poem 'the first great goodbye'. Corsellis, an alumnus of Winchester college who lived in the early-mid 20th century, wrote 'I'll plant myself on Cheesefoot Head/and miles of Hampshire will I tread,/I'll turn my nose to Farley Mount/No ugly bypass need I count, And in a second I'll be there/ Or in the beech woods standing near'. Шаблон:Cite book
There are plaques on the interior and exterior of the monument, which read:
