Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 Egremont Castle, Egremont |
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| sundial, Egremont | ||
| site name:- | Egremont Castle | |
| locality:- | Egremont | |
| civil parish:- | Egremont (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | NY00981048 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0010 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY01 | |
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 BQN66.jpg South face. (taken 11.5.2009)  BQN67.jpg West face. (taken 11.5.2009) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUNDIAL TO WEST OF CASTLE'S WESTERN GATEHOUSE / / GREEN DYKES / EGREMONT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76124 / NY0095010448" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sundial, dated 1762 on north face; partly restored in C20 when it was set on present squared rubble plinth, c3 ft high. Monolithic stone drum with torus is inscribed 'Sic tranfit Gloria Mundi' on north side. Monolithic stone block above incorporates tapered octagonal finial. Each face of block measures c18 ins. across and is incised with a vertical sundial grid; letter (N, S, E, &W) to top on each face shows orientation. All gnomons missing." |
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 BQN68.jpg East face. (taken 11.5.2009)  BQN69.jpg North face. (taken 11.5.2009) |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "Egremont / By castle, near re-sited market cross / North face nicely repaired" |
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| made 1762 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 228 |
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