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Pots and Pans

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Pots and Pans
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What is recorded here

Pots and Pans is the hilltop obelisk above Greenfield known as Pots and Pans and used as a war memorial. It is a landscape memorial whose distance and difficult approach give communal loss a presence far beyond a town square.

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Pots and Pans is the hilltop obelisk above Greenfield known as Pots and Pans and used as a war memorial. It is a landscape memorial whose distance and difficult approach give communal loss a presence far beyond a town square.

Why it was made

is the hilltop obelisk above Greenfield known as Pots and Pans and used as a war memorial.

People and events

Local people chose the exposed landmark after the First World War and carried materials onto the moor.

How it worked

The tall stone pillar can be seen across the valley, turning the whole upland skyline into remembrance.

What remains

The obelisk, inscription, paths and wide relationship with the surrounding villages remain.

Why it mattered

It is a landscape memorial whose distance and difficult approach give communal loss a presence far beyond a town square.

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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  • Brian Frost, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Fox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alan Murray-Rust, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • BatAndBall, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John Topping, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • habiloid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Paul Anderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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