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Title:
Gargoyle*
Object name(s):
Gargoyle
Brief description:
Limestone gargoyle with a deeply carved, feathered body.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
35 x 35.6 x 18
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
limestone
Object name:
Gargoyle
Object number:
78210485
Object production date:
16th C (?)
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48a6b91f-5a88-3c64-b41c-bb1b10dfb015

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48a6b91f-5a88-3c64-b41c-bb1b10dfb015, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
View of Llangollen
Object name(s):
Painting
Collection:
English Heritage
Acquisition method:
gift from Mr Roger Bland, 1952
Dimension:
33.9 x 41.9
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oil on paper
Object name:
Painting
Object number:
88028876
Object production date:
1794–1797
Object production person:
Ibbetson, Julius Caesar, 1759–1817
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Kenwood

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c41e0b33-4093-3b9a-9316-937a64137c52

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c41e0b33-4093-3b9a-9316-937a64137c52, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Head*
Object name(s):
Sculpture
Brief description:
Prominent, deeply incised eyes with hair stylised in thick waves.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
17.8 x 13 x 12.5
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oolitic limestone
Object name:
Sculpture
Object number:
81022239
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Glastonbury Tribunal

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f5f608b7-7e81-3c76-8cf6-9b5d0e7a9cb5

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f5f608b7-7e81-3c76-8cf6-9b5d0e7a9cb5, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Gargoyle*
Object name(s):
Gargoyle
Brief description:
Incomplete limestone gargoyle with raised, stylised foliate decoration.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
22.5
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
limestone
Object name:
Gargoyle
Object number:
81100017
Object production date:
16th C
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Old Wardour Castle

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/51e61efd-3a8f-3b31-8f79-316c1a0a67db

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/51e61efd-3a8f-3b31-8f79-316c1a0a67db, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Gargoyle*
Object name(s):
Gargoyle
Brief description:
The upper part of a stone gargoyle with tightly curled hair.
Collection:
English Heritage
Material:
stone
Object name:
Gargoyle
Object number:
78700116
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Muchelney Abbey

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/feca6cb2-3fc4-3730-918a-a6c242ebde74

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/feca6cb2-3fc4-3730-918a-a6c242ebde74, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Human Figure*
Object name(s):
Wall plaster
Brief description:
Small moulded plaster torso.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
11.6 x 9 x 4.4
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
plaster
Object name:
Wall plaster
Object number:
78207551.4
Object production date:
medieval, c.1700
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Hailes Abbey

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96e85cfd-d468-325e-aaad-fa8955b543da

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96e85cfd-d468-325e-aaad-fa8955b543da, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Head*
Object name(s):
Corbel
Brief description:
Stone corbel with a carved head on the stem.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
11 x 14
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
stone
Object name:
Corbel
Object number:
91007057
Object production date:
1066–1547
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Wenlock Priory

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c99c8d10-bddb-3711-8d19-183222beb595

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c99c8d10-bddb-3711-8d19-183222beb595, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: 'Restoring' Stonehenge 1881-1939
Object name(s):
book
Brief description:
Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: 'Restoring' Stonehenge 1881-1939/Barber, Martyn/English Heritage/2014/English Heritage Research Report Series No 6-2014
Collection:
Wiltshire Museum
Brief description:
printed
Completeness:
complete
Condition:
excellent
Content - concept:
archaeology
Content - concept:
monuments
Content - concept:
stone circles
Content - concept:
restoration
Content - place:
Amesbury
Place status:
Parish
Content - place:
Stonehenge
Content - place:
Wiltshire
Place status:
County
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
297
Dimension value:
mm
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
210
Dimension value:
mm
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
297
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
210
Dimension:
height
Dimension:
width
Material:
paperback
Number of objects:
1
Object name:
book
Object number:
DZSWS:Book.16534
Object production date:
Date - association:
publication date
Object production date:
2014
Object production note:
imprint/edition
Object production organisation:
English Heritage
Organisation's function:
publisher
Object production organisation:
English Heritage
Organisation's function:
printer
Object production person:
Barber, Martyn
Person's association:
author
Other number:
ISBN 978 1 84802 347 5
Other number type:
ISBN number
Other number:
ISSN 2046-9799
Other number type:
ISBN number
Physical description:
printed
Technical attribute measurement:
number of pages
Technique:
ISBN number

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4d62a664-c2bb-33c2-96a4-dc8ba62e52fe

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4d62a664-c2bb-33c2-96a4-dc8ba62e52fe, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Radiocarbon Dates. From samples funded by English Heritage between 2003 and 2006.
Object name(s):
Book
Brief description:
xxxi, 331 pp., illus., 30 cm.
Collection:
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
Brief description:
Radiocarbon Dates. From samples funded by English Heritage between 2003 and 2006, book by Peter Marshall et al. Published by Historic England, Swindon, in 2020.
Object name:
Book
Object number:
L.2022.26
Object production date:
2020
Object production note:
Peter Marshall.
Object production organisation:
Historic England, Swindon.
Physical description:
xxxi, 331 pp., illus., 30 cm.
Responsible department/section:
Library

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d5f72bc2-d2ea-3312-884c-3fd1115d3be8

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d5f72bc2-d2ea-3312-884c-3fd1115d3be8, Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Mount Pleasant, Dorset. A survey of the neolithic 'henge enclosure' and associated features. (NGR: SY70998992) English Heritage Research Report Series 70-214
Object name(s):
Book
Collection:
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
Associated concept:
Archaeology: Dorset
Associated concept:
Dorchester: Archaeology
Dimension:
Number of pages
Dimension value:
55
Object name:
Book
Object number:
Book_list.15131
Object production date:
2014
Date - text:
Published
Object production organisation:
English Heritage
Organisation's association:
Publisher
Object production person:
BARBER, Martyn
Person's association:
Author
Object production place:
Swindon
Place association:
Published
Responsible department/section:
Library

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ebedd869-a272-3bbb-9594-9857fe86c35b

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ebedd869-a272-3bbb-9594-9857fe86c35b, Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Current state of Romano-British pottery studies, The. A review for English Heritage. Occasional Paper No. 1
Object name(s):
Book
Collection:
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
Associated concept:
Pottery: Romano-British
Associated concept:
Roman Britain: Pottery
Dimension:
Number of pages
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
59
Dimension value:
30
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
59
Dimension value:
30
Object name:
Book
Object number:
L.1992.41
Object production date:
1991
Date - text:
Published
Object production organisation:
English Heritage
Organisation's association:
Publisher
Object production person:
FULFORD, M.G. and HUDDLESON K
Person's association:
Author
Object production place:
London
Place association:
Published
Responsible department/section:
Library

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/047d5375-3e1e-3dda-89fc-0c631f6e19f6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/047d5375-3e1e-3dda-89fc-0c631f6e19f6, Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Heraldic Shield
Object name(s):
Coat of arms
Brief description:
Crest. Carved to represent coat of arms.
Collection:
English Heritage
Acquisition method:
purchased, 1971
Dimension:
58 x 59 x 8
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oak
Object name:
Coat of arms
Object number:
81030206
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Audley End House

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8f14c323-16f3-3862-9afc-43a5ed42f0cd

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8f14c323-16f3-3862-9afc-43a5ed42f0cd, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Bull
Object name(s):
Statue
Brief description:
A bronze statue of a raging bull on stand.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
18.5 x 31 x 10.5
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
bronze
Object name:
Statue
Object number:
90009042
Object production date:
before 1853
Object production person:
Bonheur, Rosa, 1822–1899
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Brodsworth Hall

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a843259c-67fd-3d0a-af28-d4dd532b9ebd

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a843259c-67fd-3d0a-af28-d4dd532b9ebd, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Human Figure*
Object name(s):
Wall plaster
Brief description:
Small moulded plaster torso with cracks.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
14.2 x 9.9 x 4.2
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
plaster
Object name:
Wall plaster
Object number:
78207551.5
Object production date:
medieval, c.1700
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Hailes Abbey

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/195e9036-a5d2-3bf0-8201-3f35737adaf6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/195e9036-a5d2-3bf0-8201-3f35737adaf6, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Richard III (1452–1485)
Object name(s):
Painting
Brief description:
Reproduction.
Collection:
English Heritage
Acquisition method:
Gifted, 2018.
Dimension:
50 x 39.7
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oil on canvas
Object name:
Painting
Object number:
88236880.7
Object production date:
mid-20th C
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Kenilworth Castle

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7f81b2b2-6700-334c-96a7-b39a878a6817

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7f81b2b2-6700-334c-96a7-b39a878a6817, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Effigy
Object name(s):
Effigy
Brief description:
Limestone effigy with a chain mail effect. Painted red.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
20.5 x 19 x 12
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
painted limestone
Object name:
Effigy
Object number:
79500169
Object production date:
14th C
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Cleeve Abbey

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/da5a7900-aa61-3866-863d-1895bef1ccb4

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/da5a7900-aa61-3866-863d-1895bef1ccb4, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
View of Conway Castle
Object name(s):
Painting
Collection:
English Heritage
Acquisition method:
gift from Mr Roger Bland, 1952
Dimension:
35.5 x 47.6
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oil on paper
Object name:
Painting
Object number:
88028883
Object production date:
1794–1797
Object production person:
Ibbetson, Julius Caesar, 1759–1817
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Kenwood

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/007165ce-1f3c-3cb4-9c39-a591b836fee7

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/007165ce-1f3c-3cb4-9c39-a591b836fee7, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
William Knollys, Viscount Wallingford
Object name(s):
Painting
Collection:
English Heritage
Acquisition method:
gift from Mrs Greville Howard, 1974
Dimension:
205.7 x 125.7
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
oil on canvas
Object name:
Painting
Object number:
88019165
Object production date:
c.1618–1620
Object production person:
Mytens, Daniel, c.1590–1647
Person's association:
attributed to
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Kenwood

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ad588587-b215-31df-b5bc-dc126ccd60db

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ad588587-b215-31df-b5bc-dc126ccd60db, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Kneeling Angel*
Object name(s):
Sculpture
Brief description:
Finely carved angel, half kneeling, looking over their left shoulder.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
20.5 x 23 x 9.6
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
limestone
Object name:
Sculpture
Object number:
81022230
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Glastonbury Tribunal

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/19961e29-87bf-3f95-9a36-2f1e7ebca57d

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/19961e29-87bf-3f95-9a36-2f1e7ebca57d, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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Title:
Architectural Fragment*
Object name(s):
Architectural fragment
Brief description:
Carved architectural stone face from Muchelney Abbey.
Collection:
English Heritage
Dimension:
22 x 27 x 52
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Material:
stone
Object name:
Architectural fragment
Object number:
349-00000080
Object production person:
unknown artist
Responsible department/section:
English Heritage, Muchelney Abbey

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16f9a1b4-c029-3457-a4a9-94a20eb56b1b

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16f9a1b4-c029-3457-a4a9-94a20eb56b1b, English Heritage, CC BY-NC

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