The Somersham Millenium Stone.

Somersham: the Millenium Stone.

Repro ID: F0944-36

Description: The Millennium Stone outside Somersham Church. The main plaque reads - SOMERSHAM MILLENNIUM STONE, ERECTED AS A LASTING MEMORIAL TO THE YEAR 2000, FOR THREE CENTURIES THE ZERO MERIDIAN HAS BEEN DEFINED SIX TIMES FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG LINE AS EACH HAS ITS OWN SIGNIFICANCE BUT ONE IS MORE FAMOUS, 71 METRES TO THE EAST LIES THE GREENWICH PRIME ZERO MERIDIAN ADOPTED BY INTERNATIONAL TREATY IN OCTOBER 1884, 0o. The subsidiary plaque reads - UNVEILED BY JOHN PIERCE, SOMERSHAM MILLENNIUM FESTIVAL, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, SATURDAY 26th MAY 2001.

Creator: National Maritime Museum

Date: 2004

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London