Monument To Daniel Defoe, Central Broadwalk is a 19th century funerary monument to 18th century author Daniel Defoe in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London, England. The marble obelisk was paid for through public donations. During the excavation for the monument supervised by sculptor Samuel Horner, Defoe's coffin was unearthed and the spectators ... wished to carry off the bones as relics, and Mr Horner was only able to prevent the accomplishment of these desires by calling in the aid of the police. - AsNotedIn