# Armillary Sphere, a plaque of Fendalton A plaque of the city, standing at Alister John Macleod Memorial in Fendalton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > ARMILLARY SPHERE / The metal rings represent the Equator, Tropics, Arctic and Antarctic Circles. / The time is indicated by the shadow cast by the staff which passes centrally through the Sphere / No climbing please. The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: Alister John Macleod Memorial - The suburb: [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/fendalton) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20091028/00377/R0076329.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [The Macleod Garden / in Memory of / Alastair John Macleod](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72943-alister-john-macleod-memorial), “THE MACLEOD GARDEN / IN MEMORY OF / ALASTAIR JOHN MACLEOD / M. Hort Sc (Hons) /…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Armillary Sphere](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Armillary%20Sphere) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Armillary%20Sphere) - [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/fendalton), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Mona Vale Grounds - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · 1.5 km from the pin · 63 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52151&lon=172.60677&radius=250 ## Around it - [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), the botanic park it’s inside - [Clifford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1257-clifford-reserve), community park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-378-fendalton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-385-riccarton), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-377-merivale), track · ~200 m - [The Doreen Holland / Seat for Dreaming](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73068-mona-vale), plaque · under 150 m - [To Commemorate / Mrs Hilda Carlson'S 100th Birthday](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73088-mona-vale), plaque · ~150 m - [Thelma Sylvia / Mathias](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73057-mona-vale), plaque · ~150 m - [To Commemorate / Jamie Gough'S / 21st Birthday 13-9-2005](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72959-mona-vale), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 368 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9064705), [54 Fendalton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/54-fendalton-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048617), Fendalton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9046553), [105 Harakeke Street, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/105-harakeke-street) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9026829), [55 Fendalton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/55-fendalton-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9026730), [22 Daresbury Lane, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/22-daresbury-lane) - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8882966), [15 Daresbury Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/15-daresbury-lane) - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8882944), [17 Daresbury Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/17-daresbury-lane) - [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8866844), Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8866612), [105 Harakeke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/105-harakeke-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8864967), [16A Daresbury Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/16a-daresbury-lane) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8581960), [67C Fendalton Road, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/67c-fendalton-road) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8442230), [69 Fendalton Road, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/69-fendalton-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Alister John Macleod Memorial in [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/fendalton), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Alister John Macleod Memorial?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/72941-alister-john-macleod-memorial