Hey, that's cheating! I don't think noon marks should count when we consider monumental sundial statistics since there is no dial face indicating multiple hours, dates, altitudes, or anything else except a noon mark.
John John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 2:07 AM Subject: RE: Monumental Statistics? > On the North wall of the Close of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England, > is a groove with the word MERIDIES, which is apparently a noon mark acting > in conjunction with the spire. The spire is just over 400 feet (122 m) high > and the wall is nearly that far from its base. It was mentioned in BSS > Bulletin 91.3 pp22-23 and also in Peter Ransom's "A Dozen Dials". I hope to > publish some more about it in the BSS Bulletin in the near(ish) future. > > Of course it's not as big as Mont St Michel (see > http://maget.maget.free.fr/SiteMont/ for some details of that temporary > dial) but it beats most other things - but wasn't there once a (now > non-existent?) "mountain dial" with markers on the hillside somewhere? > > However the "volume" definition of size is a very good one for eliminating a > noon mark! > > Andrew James > N 51 04' W 01 18' > - > -
