Hello David ( and All)
>Can anyone tell me which is thought to be the earliest UK sundial?
David Brown
If it’s not strictly UK you’re after and if you will accept a British Isles
contender then the dial on Kerbstone K7 at the 3200BC Megalithic tomb at
Knowth Co. Meath. Rep. of Irel
Hi David, Patrick et al,
The Roman dial at Hever Castle mentioned by Patrick is described by Ward &
Vaughan in Antiquarian Horology 12(3), 307-12, Autumn 1980 (together with other
dials at Hever). They recount that the dial was "probably brought to Hever by
Lord Astor's father c.1920 from his
>Can anyone tell me which is thought to be the earliest UK sundial? David
Brown Somerton, Somerset, UK<
There are a number of Saxon dials in the UK (circa 50?) though of those
the Bewcastle Cross dial might well be the earliest. However there is a
Roman dial at the Hadrian's Wall fort of Vindola
Greetings fellow dialists,
Another contender for this title is the dial at Escomb, Co. Durham. The
graveyard of this church is circular, which suggests a Celtic community. Both
the Bewcastle sundial (not "sundials", there is only one on the cross) and the
Escomb dial are from around 700 AD and p
Hi David,
the earliest UK sundial is maybe the "Bewcastle sundials" at Cumberland. The
date of this noble cross shaft is A.D. 670.
You can see a complete capther about the earliest english sundials in Gatty,
The Book of Sundials at:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gatty/sundials/49.html
Can anyone tell me which is thought to be the earliest UK sundial?
David Brown
Somerton, Somerset, UK
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