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The Brightling Observatory is located on the Brightling-Burwash road, at latitude 50 57 44 and in longitude 0 22 42E, and is now a private residence. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Installation of a Cassegrain type telescope of 8.5 inches (22 cm) aperture was proposed. However, the aperture of the original dome was deemed too narrow for effective use.for a telescope of this aperture to function effectively. Vetterlein was commissioned to design a new dome which was constructed at R N Irving. " The dome rotated by means of ballraced wheels mounted on a circular track and driven by a small electric motor. The dome could be locked against rotation from the wind. There was also provision to prevent the dome from lifting. The Dall-Cassegrain telescope was completed towards the end of 1966. Suffice to say the instrument was something of a prototype (the forerunner to the now familiar Schmidt-Cassegrain). Dall was a highly competent optical draftsman and the system, once adjusted, gave good results. " For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

It is commonly believed that Fuller's inspiration for building the Observatory came from his friend and noted astronomer Sir William Herschel. Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Germany, Herschel is perhaps best known for his discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

The Observatory was equipped with expensive equipment including a Camera Obscura. During the 19th century, room Camera Obscuras became very popular across Europe. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

In the autumn of 1964 John Vetterlein was engaged by Commander Hugh Malleson (Royal Navy retired), then owner of the observatory, to assess its viability. The following is an abstract from a mongraph written by Vetterlein and published by Spring Ast LIX, Springfield, Rousay, Orkney, 2001. " ...The observatory was close to the highest piece of ground (620 feet OD marked by an obelisk) for many miles and was ideally suited (or was in the days of its inception, Eastbourne now posing a light pollution hazard) for astronomical work. I found the dome (approximately 8 feet in diameter) had been surmounted by a Negretti and Zambra cup anemometer, the control panel being read in the main room of the house on the ground floor. The narrow shutters were hinged but immovable, as was the dome itself, the large iron wheels on which it stood having seized. We undertook to remove the shutters and to replace them with a single lateral sliding stainless steel shutter. In addition we agreed to free the wheels and to conduct experiments to see if it might be possible to attach a motor drive for rotating the dome. " For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Artists used different types of Camera Obscura to trace accurate images from nature and incorporate these images into their drawings and paintings. With this in mind, one wonders if frequent visitor to Rose Hill, J M W Turner may have made use of the Camera Obscura while there. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

Designed by Sir Robert Smirke for Jack Fuller in 1810, the Brightling Observatory was completed in 1818. For more information about them you can visit his site: John Fuller Follies

I have not seen the budgie anywhere, in several hours. I love the budgie and would be devastated if any harm came to it!! Honest ;)

The sandstone has erroded away leaving houses of years past, quite a few. I think from the bees we saw digging around the area.

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