Sorry not to get back on the details I promised last night.
I've sent Steve a jpeg of the dial, and anyone else who wnts to see it can
contact me off list and I'll send the jpeg to them. Details follow with
correct spelling!
The window sill is at the chateau at Crosville-sur-Douvre, Manche, France. I
saw it in August 1991, as there was a sundial exhibition of Manche sundials
in the chateau. The holes (notches?) are intriguing, and I imagine they were
used to hold an inclined gnomon. This was the first year I was interested in
dials, and I did not have a ruler with me while we were on holiday, so I do
not know the size of the dial, but the picture was taken by leaning out the
window to get above the dial. My memory suggests a diameter of about 15 cm.
There was also a vertical scratch dial on the nearby church, and a vertical
dial on the Presbytery.
Peter Ransom
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