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A large three-ring armillary sphere. The date is given as 'MCMXCV' and '1995'. Ten minute interval marks are cut into a broad equatorial band, placed around an inscribed round stone on the ground, all located at the centre of a circle of concentric rings of paving setts. Beyond this are further incomplete concentric rings of setts alternating with grass rings, arranged as a maze.

Title

Armillary Sphere

Date

1995

Medium

steel & stone

Accession number

MK9_JR_S013

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

The Parks Trust Milton Keynes

Custodian

The Parks Trust Milton Keynes

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

21st June 1995

Listing date

18/08/20

Access

at all times

Inscription description

iInscribed in a circle upon a round stone on the ground at the base of the sphere: Midsummer Housing Association 1995; and on a metal plaque on a pole nearby, in raised letters: ARMILLARY SPHERE / By Justin Tunley, 1995 / Designed in 1995 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of MK Housing / Association and their development as Midsummer Housing. The / artistic brief was to use something related to the Midsummer / Housing logo of a sundial. Constructed in laser cut steel with stone / carving, the date in Roman and Arab numerals 'MCMXCV' denotes / the unveiling in 1995 on Midsummer's Day.

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