Great Globe

The Great Globe at Swanage is one of the largest stone spheres in the world and stands at Durlston Castle within Durlston Country Park, a 113-hectare (280-acre) country park and nature reserve.

[1] It is constructed of Portland stone, weighs about 40 tonnes and is 3 metres (10 ft) in diameter.

[5] Its surface is carved in detail and lettered to show the continents, oceans and certain more specific areas of the world.

Hardy that year upon a platform cut into the solid rock of the hill some 136 feet (41 m) above sea level.

[7] Around the globe is a set of stone plaques carved with quotations from English, Roman poets and the Bible, and also various facts about the natural world.

The Great Globe, Durlston Country Park (1890s photochrome)
The Great Globe with Durlston Castle in the rear