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 Holy Trinity, Colton |
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| sundial, Colton | ||
| site name:- | Holy Trinity Church | |
| locality:- | Colton | |
| civil parish:- | Colton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | SD31828602 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3186 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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 BSU60.jpg (taken 28.5.2010)  BSU59.jpg (taken 28.5.2010) |
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| The upper block is date 1764; the plinth has a date 1868; the upper block also has
an inscription declaring tht the sundial was stoled 1997 and replaced 1998. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 19 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421186 / SD3182486025" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sundial. Dated 1764, base dated 1886. Square concrete base with round stone base, stop chamfered post and square head with date and letter "C", round plate and gnomon." |
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 BSU61.jpg (taken 28.5.2010)  BSU62.jpg (taken 28.5.2010) |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "Colton near Ulverston / South west side of church by trees / Plate &plinth top lost
1997" |
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| made 1764 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 198 |
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