Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | sundial, Egremont | |
| site name:- | Egremont Castle | |
| locality:- | Egremont | |
| parish |
Egremont parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| sundial | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY00981048 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY01
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| 1Km square | NY0010 | |
 sundial, Egremont -- Egremont Castle -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- South face. -- 11.5.2009 | ||
 sundial, Egremont -- Egremont Castle -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- West face. -- 11.5.2009 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| SUNDIAL TO WEST OF CASTLE'S WESTERN GATEHOUSE / / GREEN DYKES / EGREMONT / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76124 / NY0095010448 | ||
| 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. | ||
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY00951044 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| sundial, Egremont -- Egremont Castle -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- East face. -- 11.5.2009 | |
| sundial, Egremont -- Egremont Castle -- Egremont -- Egremont -- Cumbria / -- North face. -- 11.5.2009 | |
| notes |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:-
Egremont / By castle, near re-sited market cross / North face nicely repaired made 1762 British Sundial Society reference number 228 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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