Manual Ref* NFnnSAT004 Show 2 images 923
Title*

Monument to Salthouse Mariners
County Norfolk   District Council North Norfolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Salthouse  Town/Village* Salthouse Sculpture Trail 
Road Just off A149 coastal road 
Precise Location On ridge of Walsey Hill, to west of Dun Cow Pub 
OS Grid Ref TG063439  Postcode NR25 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Coastal Path  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Kevin Lee  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 North Norfolk Exhibition Project with support from Norfolk Country Cottages, Arts & Business East. North Norfolk District Council, Norfolk County Council 

Design & Constrn period

 2008 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Sculptural monument

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Cross  Re-used sea defence timbers  2 high, 22 by 10 cms. wide and deep 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Salthouse Sculpture Trail 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 A cross with four chains is surmounted by a metal circle set on a triangle enclosing a pierced triangle. 

Description (iconographical)

 Wonderfully set on ridge used by the Salthouse Sculpture Trail it is set overlooking the road and more importantly the marshes, leading to the sea. The cross recalls Christian burials, with an added poignancy coming from the re-used sea defence timbers and chains. It is difficult to imagine Salthouse as a centre of navigation, since the main channel, shown in John Hunt's Map of 1649 has now been completely wiped out by the sea. Noël Stagg, writing in the 1930s, described its use:'sea-going craft of British, Roman, Angle, Norman, Plantagenet and Tudor days used to sail or pole to Salthouse, Kelling and Weybourne Hards, to load and unload the produce and imports of the countryside. With modern ideas of seagoing craft it is difficult to imagine how at any time such ships could have sailed up channels which have now become obliterated, and which must have been very tortuous, narrow and tidal. In those far-off days the more difficult a harbour was to approach, the safer it became from Vikings, pirates and such other marauders. Also the vessels were flat-bottomed tubs requiring little water to float them, for it was not till the time of the Tudors that ‘beating to windward’ was discovered, necessitating finer lines for the hulls and a consequent deeper draught.' The sculpture forms part of the Salthouse Sculpture Trail was a new venture in 2008 by the North Norfolk Exhibition Project, responsible for the annual July Salthouse Art Exhibitions at St Nicholas. The waymarked paths link the church, Holt, Holt Country Park, and Kelling Heath in a walk of around ten miles, but which can be broken into shorter sections. The Sculpture Trail includes a number of temporary works, but NFnnSAT 001-4 includes the first four permanent installations by local artists. The trail was sponsored by Norfolk Country Cottages, Arts & Business East. North Norfolk District Council, Norfolk County Council 

Photographs

 Date taken:  11/8/2009
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  11/8/2009

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Information from John Millwood, Projects Director NNEP; www.salthousehistory.co.uk/channelmap2.htm accessed 13/08/2009 

Database

 Date entered:  13/8/2009

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke