Description

DURLSTON HEAD
1.
5190
The Globe to south-east of
Durlston Head Castle
SZ 07 NW 2/49
II GV

2.
Erected 1891. Stone globe about 10 ft in radius surrounded by a circle of cast iron
railings. At the base is a tablet recording distances between stars and planets. To
the rear are a series of panels with opposite quotations from the Bible, Shakespeare,
the Aeneid and Tennyson and further tables of distances. Around the Globe are 11 posts
inscribed "1815 St Martin" or "St Giles and Bloomsbury" which George Burt had acquired
during his building ventures in London. Included for group value. This is how the
Victorians saw the world and the universe.

Listing NGR: SZ0348777244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Great Globe at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26413208 Q788171

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