Patrick and All,
I didn't realize there was a great deal of theft
of sundials. That is really sad, pathetic.
Here in the US we don't have the plethora of
ancient sundials that you do. I don't know of many
old specimens around here that are worth stealing!
A lot of what we do have are 'industrial scale' dials,
if you take my meaning.
It would be possible to have a central site that
enumerates and displays images of the dials without
giving their location any closer than county or town.
There is a lot of information that could be given - date,
manufacturer, furniture, what it is made of, errors, you
get the idea.
Yes - these things must be protected,
but they should not be buried!
Chuck
