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English: Obelisk to General Sir David Baird, (1757 - 1829) This 82 foot high obelisk stands on the top of Tom a Chasteal and visible for miles around. Sir David was taken prisoner at Seringapatam in 1780 and kept in chains for 4 years. On learning of her sons fate his mother remarked that she pitied the lad that was chained to "Oor Davie". He subsequently served with great success in India, capturing Seringapatam, where he had been imprisoned, Egypt, The Cape of Good Hope and in the Peninsular War. |
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