Millennium Sundial (Saxonwood W.I.)
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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: | Saxonwood Womens' Institute |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Battle Museum |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Filigree design ionian column surmounting a square similarly carved base. A bronze horizontal sundial is set into a stone slab supported by the column. |
| Inscription: | PRESENTED BY SAXONWOOD W.I. TO COMMEMORATE THE MILLENNIUM |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Functional |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Object subtype1: | Sundial |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Filigree design upright |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 39 |
| Width (cm): | 17 |
| Depth (cm): | 17 |
| Part 2: | Filigree base |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 10 |
| Width (cm): | 30 |
| Depth (cm): | 30 |
| Part 3: | Base |
| Material: | Concrete |
| Height (cm): | 7 |
| Width (cm): | 31 |
| Depth (cm): | 35 |
| Part 4: | Horizontal slab |
| Material: | Stone |
| Height (cm): | 12 |
| Width (cm): | 25 |
| Depth (cm): | 25 |
| Part 5: | Sundial |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Width (cm): | 15 |
| Depth (cm): | 15 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
| Condition 1: | Corrosion, deterioration |
| More details: | Some weather wearing at the top of the column. The scrolls have lost some of their detail. |
| 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 | /BA04I01.JPG) Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
/BA04I02.JPG) Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | |
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