Hello all on the list, In my "Is this a sundial?" posting, I said it was in Israel. Wrong, wrong! I was completely mixed up on that.
The stone is in the museum (the former gatehouse) of the Boyle Abbey ruins in Ireland. Interestingly, Mario Arnaldi hit the nail on the head; he spotted my mistake at once (see below). Many other list members responded as well, which shows once more what a great bunch of people you are. I suppose I shall wash my mouth with geography soap, and thereafter study Mass Dials - I gather the last word on _those_ has not been spoken yet? My parents are not particularly interested in sundials so did not ask further. 52° 30' N; 4° 40' E Rudolf Dwight Roberts said: >Looks like a depiction of a Roman Wagon Wheel to me. Did she say if there >were similar stones around? Size? Tony Moss: >As the markings appear to run for 360° I doubt if it is a sundial. If you were to lay it flat however, then place a spinning pointer with a pivot >in the central pit, you would have a primitive wheel-of-fortune. Richard: >Just a pretty geometric design ? Ronit Maoz >Do you know where was this picture taken? Please let me know. and, of course Mario Arnaldi said: >are you sure that is an Israeli sundial? >I ask you this because the same identical photograph (yours is a better >one), has been published on the BSS Bulletin 98.3 Oct. 1998, in an article >by Andrew J. Ogden headed "Mass dials in Ireland". According to the author >this is a sundial coming from the Cistercensian Boyle Abbey Co. Roscommon, >Ireland. According to the author the stone was discovered in one of the >walls of the Abbey, and now preserved in the Gate House visitor's centre. >Now the question is: who is wrong? >I'm really interested knowing the true >Thank you. Well, I was wrong, I just got the name of the country wrong.. Thank you all for your response!
