this is taken from the Malvern Hills and would have given travellers from the west in the middle ages a bearing to follow across the Severn Valley.
In the foreground right is Croome Court, an C18th house now looked after by the NT with its church FG left and folly FG centre - see Mark's pic http://www.pbase.com/46rossi/image/130296743 & 'previous' for more