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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe stumbled on this bizarre Grade II listed monument on our Clarendon Way<\/a> walk – we had never heard of it and would probably never have visited it had we not been walking the Clarendon Way<\/a>. Which would have been a shame as it is one of those bizarre, quintessentially and ridiculously English places. The monument is in memory of a horse, given the somewhat unusual name \u2018Beware Chalk Pit\u2019 – it\u2019s owner, Paulet St John, whilst fox hunting on the horse had fallen into a deep chalk pit in 1733; astonishingly neither was injured. A year later St John won the Hunters\u2019 Plate race at Winchester on the same horse having renamed it after their \u2018escape\u2019 from the 25 foot pit. In between his riding exploits, St John found time to be an MP and Mayor of Winchester. In 1772 he was awarded a baronetcy, becoming the 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke. There are two plaques on the monument – one inside and one outside above one of the \u2018fake\u2019 porches, stating that the monument was actually rebuilt in 1870 by Sir William Heathcote after the original monument was found to be \u2018somewhat dilapidated\u2019 in 1863. It was again restored in 1950, 2014 and most recently in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n Even if you\u2019re not doing the Clarendon Way<\/a>, I would definitely recommend a visit to this Hampshire folly Farley Mount Country Park is perfect for a ramble too. In West Wood within the park, a 4th century Roman villa was discovered in 1895, excavated between 1965-72. An almost complete mosaic floor was found that is now in Winchester\u2019s City Museum. The ground plans of the villa were used to build a replica at Butser Ancient Farm<\/a>. A Roman road running from West Wood to Pitt Down once linked Old Sarum (Salisbury)<\/a> with Venta Belgarum (Winchester). 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