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    Memorial

    Castle Rising - Eastern Lantern

    Castle Rising - Eastern Lantern

    Source: Amy Savage

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    Current Location

    On the Southern footway, on a bend across road from the Black Horse Inn., Roadside, School Road, Castle Rising, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE31 6AG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TF 66657 24747

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    Type of Memorial
    Lamp or lighting
    WMR Reference Number
    54576
    Description
    An octagonal oak pillar with four iron bands around it, the top two forming a bracket for hanging tributes and for supporting a hexagonal glass and iron lantern on the top. Inscription in raised upright capital lettering on a rectangular bronze plaque on the face.
    Inscription
    ERECTED/ BY THE/ PEOPLE/ OF/ CASTLE RISING/ AS A MEMORIAL/ OF THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914/ 1919
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Maintenance History
    2 September 1988: Memorial listed Grade II, English Heritage reference 222123

    Components

    Lamp or Lighting

    Height: c 1000mm

    Width: c 450mm

    Depth: c 450mm


    Made from: Wrought Iron, Glass


    Condition: Good


    Pillar

    Height: c 3000mm

    Width: c 300mm

    Depth: c 300mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak, Wrought Iron


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Height: c 400mm

    Width: c 100mm

    Depth: c 10mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Roll of Honour Castle Rising http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/CastleRising.html
    • Other website English Heritage 222123 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=222123&resourceID=5