There are once again vague stirrings of a possibility of funding a reproduction of the fine stone dial now lying shattered in the churchyard in the little village of Ovingham, Northumberland, England. This dial, of 1804, like so many other old dials held to a church wall with iron clamps, fell down when the clamps rusted.
An attempt was made to have the dial plate mended for the Millennium but it came to nothing. Later a careless builder put a scaffold pole on the poor dial lying on the ground and damaged it further.
I have a question. This dial has engraved on it a handsome table of the times of sunrise and sunset for each month of the year. Can anyone point to another dial so adorned or is it unique? The rarity of this feature might help to persuade the authorities to advance the reproduction project.
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