page_title: Mounting block
hierarchical_section_title: Mounting block
caption_attribution_description: English: Duke of Wellington's Mounting Block, Athenaeum Club, London
context_page_description: A mounting block, horse block, carriage stone, or in Scots a loupin'-on stane is an assistance for mounting and dismounting a horse or cart, especially for women, the young, the elderly or the infirm.
context_section_description: A mounting block, horse block,  carriage stone, or in Scots a loupin'-on stane is an assistance for mounting and dismounting a horse or cart, especially for women, the young, the elderly or the infirm.
caption: The Duke of Wellington's mounting block, Athenaeum Club, London
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