Philae obelisk

The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to in , , where it still stands today.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Obelisk
  • Description: obelisk found at Philae, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Kingston Lacy obelisk”, “Obelisk 140 M South-west Of Kingston Lacey House”, and “Philae Obelisk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kingston Lacy and St Stephen’s Church, Pamphill.

Manor estate
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is a country house and estate near , , England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I. is situated 500 feet northeast of Philae obelisk.

Church
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St Stephen's is the parish church of in , . The current church lies on the site of a former church dating from 1229. The current church was laid out for construction in 1846 at the end of an avenue of trees. is situated 3,500 feet east of Philae obelisk.

Archaeological site
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is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east , England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Philae obelisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wimborne Minster and Ashington.

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, also called just Wimborne, is a town of 16,000 people at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, on the Dorset Heaths in , England.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in , England. It is in the unitary authority of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, between the village of and the market town of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Philae obelisk.

Village
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in east , England, three miles north of . The parish had a population of 56 in 2001 and included the nearby village of Stanbridge. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Philae obelisk.

Philae obelisk

Latitude
50.80969° or 50° 48′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.03273° or 2° 1′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C2VRX58+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 671802173
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Wiki­data ID
Q1245805
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Philae obelisk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسلة فيلة”
  • Belarusian: “Абеліск з вострава Філы”
  • Catalan: “Obelisc de Files”
  • Catalan: “obelisc de Philae”
  • Czech: “obelist z Philae”
  • Dutch: “Philae obelisk”
  • French: “obélisque de Kingston Lacy”
  • French: “obélisque de Philae”
  • French: “obélisque de Philæ”
  • French: “Obélisque de Philæ”
  • German: “Obelisk von Philae”
  • Hebrew: “האובליסק מפילה”
  • Indonesian: “Obelisk Philae”
  • Italian: “Obelisco di File”
  • Italian: “Obelisco di Philae”
  • Japanese: “フィラエ・オベリスク”
  • Latin: “Obeliscus Philarum”
  • Latin: “Obeliscus Philensis”
  • Macedonian: “обелиск од Фили”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fileobelisken”
  • Norwegian: “Fileobelisken”
  • Portuguese: “Obelisco de Filas”
  • Portuguese: “Obelisco de Philae”
  • Russian: “Обелиск из Кингстон-Лейси”
  • Russian: “Обелиск с острова Филы”
  • Spanish: “Obelisco de File”
  • Swedish: “File-obelisken”
  • Swedish: “Philaes obelisk”
  • Ukrainian: “Обеліск з острова Філи”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Fernery and Kingston Lacy Estate.

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