After reading Tom's note, I watched for sundials in Downton Abbey. I found three. I watched it on the PBS App on my iPad and I grabbed screenshots of all three dials. Do we have a place to post photos? If not, just let me know if anyone would like me to e-mail the screenshots to them.
The first one was a very old vertical dial above a south-facing window in the churchyard / graveyard in the funeral scene. (I think was actually the final episode of season one.) It is above the window that is below the large clock. It is barely visible in this scene, but I figured it would be there when I saw the age of the church and the huge clock that looks so out of place. I can see it clearly when I expand the photo on the iPad. The second one is an armillary sphere on a pedestal in front of the red-brick cottage where Matthew and his mother are staying, apparently on the grounds of Downton Abbey. The third one I found was a beautiful vertical dial above the courtyard where the wounded soldiers are rehabbing when Cybil arrives for nurse's training. The second and third dials are probably the ones to which Tom was referring. I would also love to hear if any of our BSS members have any further information on these dials. Thank you, Maureen Salmi PS - This show is available on Netflix streaming, on the PBS app, or on PBS.org. On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:26 PM, "Tom Kreyche" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dialists, > > The first show of second season of the “Downton Abbey” British TV drama aired > in the U.S. last Sunday. I spotted two dials at the “Abbey” – one a > magnificent wall dial, the other a more modest armillary sphere. According to > Wikipedia, the show is filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey. Perhaps our BSS friends can tell > us more about the featured dials! The scenes in which I spotted the dials > seemed to take care to give them visibility. I didn’t watch the show last > year, and don’t know if this was previously discussed. > > …Tom Kreyche > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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