Obelisk gives the wrong impression, perhaps, for a dirty great standing stone. There was a TV film on an obelisk being returned to Egypt that was compelling. And, in the lists of recently destroyed local monuments, there was a stone circle on the outskirts of Newcastle that had a large central stone (or maybe it was in the North Tyne valley). I guess these obelisks would be the first bit to be felled. Happy birthday for last year - I've not had one since I was 39!