[1][2] It carries inscriptions to Pitt, Wellington, Nelson and its progenitor, Henry Collingwood Selby.

[2] The column at Camp Hill was commissioned by Henry Collingwood Selby[5] and constructed by John Hall, mason.

[5] It is suggested that Selby "was a keen defender of the status quo against those locally who were sympathetic to the principles of the French Revolution.

It stands in a copse on the damaged remains of an oval univallate hillfort in the middle of what is now a golf course.

"[5] On the square tablets of the east, south, west, and north sides are the following inscriptions:[1] The column was listed in August 1977,[3] and survived the demolition of Selby's seat, Swansfield House, in 1975, and now stands within the grounds of Alnwick Golf Club.