Monument believed to be the grave of a wealthy landowner who wanted to be buried upright
The Grubb Monument. Pictures: John G O'Dwyer
Just beyond the horseshoe bend that defines the Vee Gap in the Knockmealdown Mountains, motorists will observe a 'strange to behold' edifice above the road.
Generations of children have been informed that this beehive-shaped monument, built from rubble stone, is the last resting place of Samuel Grubb. From a local Quaker family, he was an extensive landowner, whose final request was not to be interred in a graveyard, but high on the slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain.
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