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MONUMENT NO. 79897

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Commemorative monument recording fall of a meteorite, erected 1799.

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TA 038721. Monument commemorating the fall of a meteorite at Wold Newton on December 13th 1795, erected in 1799 by Edward Topham. The monument is built of brick and measures 4ft square by approx. 25 ft high. The brick is off-set at plinth and cornice level and the upper part of the structure tapers to a pyramidal stone cap; a commemorative panel with inscription is set into one face. Scheduled. (1)

(TA 03817207). Monument (NAT). (2)

TA 038 720. Monument to commemorate fall of meteorite at Wold Newton.
Scheduled No HU/230. (3)

Monument to commemorate fall of meteorite at Wold Newton. Descheduled. (4)

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( 1) General reference

DOE (IAM) Form, June 1985

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:10 000 1973

(3) English Heritage 1995 County list of Scheduled Monuments : March 1994

English Heritage SAM List Humbs March 1994 19 Page(s)19

(4) Scheduled Monument Notification

EH Scheduling amendment, September 2003

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