Millennium Sundial
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Location
Street: | High Street |
Town: | Battle |
Parish: | Battle |
Council: | Rother District Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | TN33 |
Location on Google Map | |
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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