Monument record MWX647 - Eldon Seat, Encombe, Corfe Castle

(SY 93797787) Eldon Seat (NAT). <1>

Eldon Seat, an ashlar block 8 feet by 4 feet, with a second slab set up on edge in the centre to form a backrest, all on a stone podium.

An inscription records that it was erected in 1835. <2>

Correctly shown on OS 25" and as previously described.

A smaller ashlar block, half the size of the "Eldon Seat", lies 6m to the NE and is described 'stone' on the OS plan. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 edition OS map (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 81 (Monograph). SDO148.

'Eldon Seat, on a small hill nearly 5/8 mile S.W. of the house, consists of an ashlar block 8 ft. by 4 ft. with a second slab set up on edge in the centre to form a backrest, all on a stone podium. An inscription records that the first stone was laid by Lady E. Repton, elder daughter of the 1st Earl of Eldon, on 15th October, 1835. Beside it is a memorial stone to Lord Chancellor Eldon's dog Pincher, 1840.'

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 25-APR-86 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> English Heritage, 1984-1987, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Monograph). SWX1383.

<5> English Heritage, 2005, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Revised) (Monograph). SDO17438.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456592 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2023 9:06AM