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On face one there is a relief carving of the 'Polling 2000' symbol; face two has carved lettering – a poem by Jenny Inglis; face three is a carved relief of an oak tree; face four is a carved relief of Saint Nicholas and of the parish church, and a carved relief of a Maltese or Saint John's cross.
Title
Millennium Milestone in Time
Date
2003–2005
Medium
Hopton Wood limestone, Welsh slate & marble
Measurements
H 91.5 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BN18_ECM_S010
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Poling 2000 Action Group (local village funds raised from fetes etc.)
Work type
Monument
Owner
Poling Parish Council
Custodian
Poling Parish Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
4th September 2005
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
base of shaft, carved letters: Carved by / P. READ / of Poling
Inscription description
base of the shaft, carved letters: MUCH FUN WAS HAD BY THE VILLAGERS / OF POLING IN RAISING FUNDS TO PROVIDE / THIS STONE. AFTER PATIENTLY WAITING / FOR THE STONEMASON TO DO HIS WORK / THE MILESTONE IN TIME WAS ERECTED IN / + 2005 +; face of the shaft: OAK TREES WERE PLANTED IN / 2002 TO COMMEMORATE THE / GOLDEN JUBILEE OF / QUEEN ELIZABETH II / "I will go north about the shaws / And the deep ghylls that breed / Huge oaks and old, the which we hold / No more than Sussex weed" / Kipling; face of the shaft, a poem by Jenny Inglis: NOT POLING - PALING / Previous to a church's tower / Brackish water stained the / mire. / A tiny hamlet perched on / staves / Not Poling - Paling lapped / by waves. / Where do they sleep, the / ancient folk? / Who ploughed with oxen, / glazed a pot. / We who have settled / close to bones, / Rekindle, re-enact their / souls. / J.M. Inglis
