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Reference number
SM volume 42/30
Purpose
Working drawing
Aspect
Elevation
Scale
½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Sir if any thing you dislike plase to Lett / Me know before ye Stones be Cutt, This Stone wanting / ye old part Standing, ft98 feet from Ground / To ye Square of old / part, 7 ft - 3 In, To be New Stone, All this part / Moor Stone wanting / which is 22 Stones, Pentoon Stone / In one and dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen on laid paper with four fold marks (228 x 205)
Hand
unidentified
Watermark
TC Horlock
Notes
Presumably sent from a stonemason's yard, the drawing shows (part of) a monumental pillar 98 feet high and 5 feet 6 inches square, and with a tapering top 10 feet high that was to be re-made from new stone. Twenty-two stones and a single, 3 feet 9 inches 'pentoon Stone' were required as well as some stone for the top of the pillar. 'Pentoon' probably derives from 'pent', a sloping roof (OED).
Level
Drawing
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