 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvitunha zvokutanga zvingangotanga kuoneka mukupera kwezana remakore rechi16 uye zvinonzi chitunha chiri paCompton Pike ndechepanguva yaElizabethan. Zvirinani kunyorwa nguva ndeimwe nhevedzano yamaobelisks ayo anovamba kuoneka muzana ramakore rechi 18. Chokutanga chaizvozvi chakanga chiri chidhinha cheWakeman cha1702 chakagadzirwa naNicholas Hawksmoor, icho chakaiswa muchitoro paRichmond, Yorkshire. Zvichida mazana anoverengeka emaobelisks aripo muBritish Isles anobva muzana ramakore rechi 18 uye pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 19. Zvizhinji zvezvivako izvi, izvo zvinowanzova zviratidzo, zvinoyeuchidza vanhu vakakurumbira nezvavakaita. PaStowe muBuckinghamshire pakavakwa shongwe yokuyeuka kukunda kwakaita Wolfe kuQuebec muna 1752, apo pakufa kwaDuke weCumberland muna 1765 kwakanyorwa nebhuruu paEnglefield Green muSurrey. Thomas Coke, Earl weLeicester, Coke weNorfolk piyona wokurima ane shongwe yakanaka zvikuru, yakamiswa mupaki yaakasika paHolkham muNorfolk. Pane dzimwe nguva shongwe yaishandiswa kunongedzera nzvimbo yehondo yakadai seshongwe iri panzvimbo yehondo yeEnglish Civil War yehondo paNaseby muLeicestershire. Pane dzimwe nguva obelisks anoshandiswa sezviratidzo zvemakiromita, sezvinoitwa paGreat North Road mamaira kubva kuWestminster. MuLincoln chivako chakagadzirwa zvakanaka chakagadzirirwa paHigh Bridge muna 176263 senzira yekugovera mvura, nepo Anthony Salvin akashandisa zvivako zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka sematsime emvura pazvinhu zveBelton House muLincolnshire. 