Millennium Sundial
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Location
| Street: | High Street |
| Town: | Battle |
| Parish: | Battle |
| Council: | Rother District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | TN33 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| and in: | Garden |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | In the Museum Gardens, The Almonry |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 103 |
| Grid reference: | L2 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Battle Twinning Association |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Battle Museum |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | An open equatorial bow sundial facing north east surmounting a horizontal stone slab supported by a stone upright on top of a broad base simulating rough rocks. |
| Signatures: | Numbers in roman numerals carved onto the inside |
| Inscription: | Presented by Battle Twinning Association To Commemorate The Millennium |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Commemorative, Functional |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Object subtype1: | Sundial |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Horizontal slab |
| Material: | Rough hewn stone |
| Height (cm): | 8 |
| Width (cm): | 25 |
| Depth (cm): | 26 |
| Part 2: | Tapering upright |
| Material: | Rough hewn stone |
| Height (cm): | 39 |
| Width (cm): | 19 |
| Depth (cm): | 17 |
| Part 3: | Pedestal |
| Material: | Rough hewn stone |
| Height (cm): | 31 |
| Width (cm): | 34 |
| Depth (cm): | 43 |
| Part 4: | Base |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 12 |
| Width (cm): | 73 |
| Depth (cm): | 78 |
| Part 5: | Sundial |
| Material: | Metal |
| Height (cm): | 70 |
| Width (cm): | 66 |
| Depth (cm): | 39 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Abrasions, cracks, splits |
| Condition 2: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| More details: | Cracks to the stone upright. Some corrosion to the metal sundial with one of the fixing screws missing. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 09/11/2007 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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