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Monument to Sir Briggs
TypeMemorial
LocationTredegar House, Newport, Wales
Coordinates51°33′40″N 3°01′44″W / 51.561°N 3.029°W / 51.561; -3.029
Builtc.1874
Governing bodyNational Trust
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMonument to Sir Briggs
Designated31 July 1996
Reference no.17099
Monument to Sir Briggs is located in Newport
Monument to Sir Briggs
Location of Monument to Sir Briggs in Newport

The Monument to Sir Briggs is a memorial, dating from c.1874, to "Sir Briggs", a horse that carried Captain Godfrey Morgan at the Charge of the Light Brigade. It stands in the grounds of Tredegar House, Morgan's ancestral home, on the western edge of the city of Newport, Wales. It is a Grade II listed structure.

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