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Obelisk on Weatherbury Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7657 / 50°45'56"N

Longitude: -2.2751 / 2°16'30"W

OS Eastings: 380696

OS Northings: 96269

OS Grid: SY806962

Mapcode National: GBR 0YZ.TY5

Mapcode Global: FRA 6732.5GS

Plus Code: 9C2VQP8F+7X

Entry Name: Obelisk on Weatherbury Castle

Listing Date: 10 October 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1305028

English Heritage Legacy ID: 103491

ID on this website: 101305028

Location: Dorset, BH20

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Milborne St. Andrew

Built-Up Area: Milborne St Andrew

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Milborne St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


MILBORNE SAINT ANDREW
SY 89 NW WEATHERBURY CASTLE

6/75A Obelisk on Weatherbury
Castle

II

Obelisk. Erected 1761 by Edmund Morton Pleydell. Brick structure with ashlar
dressings. Rectangular plinth with stone quoins and moulded capping. Tapering
square shaft with splayed stone cap with bowl finial. Stone on plinth inscribed
EMP 1761. Sited in the centre of Weatherby Castle, a scheduled Ancient Monument -
M91, but apparently not covered by the scheduling - (HBMC). RCHM Monument 2.
(Dorset. Vol.III)


Listing NGR: SY8069696269

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