1) Certain monuments 2) Karnak Temple sights 3) Stone pillars 4) Tall, tapering pillars 5) Tall, tapering stone pillars 6) Tapering pillars 7) Tapering stone pillars 1) Needles 
tall, square sided pillars which taper to a point, erected for commemorative or memorial reasons, sometimes quite trivial such as the death of a dog or horse. (Illustration) - Wade Bridge at Aberfeldy (detail).