I did a Google search on "Sundial at Snowshill Manor" then "Images" and got this page:
Link <https://www.google.com/search?q=Sundial+at+Snowshill+Manor&rlz=1T4GUEA_enUS 645US645&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiruMbDqazMAhXCrB4KHa9DAbYQ_AUI CCgC&biw=1366&bih=737%23imgrc=ojVVHyJGOSvtRM%3A> Which includes, along with images of the unreadable dial mentioned by Patrick, this image: Link <http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/resources/images/4351923/> (Click for full size) It appears to be an astrolabe. Would any reader care to comment. Or perhaps translate? Bob _____ From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Powers Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:51 AM To: Sundial mail list NEW Subject: Re unreadable dials Hi Nicola Your comment regarding the placement of armillary dials too high to be read is very interesting. I am sure that you are correct. This practice continues (nearly) to the present day. We have a few 'dials' like that in Britain and it does indeed seem sometimes to have been the practice to add focus to a garden by placing what is effectively a 'false' dial on a very tall column. A particular one that I recall dates (I think) from the 1920s and is one which I managed to photograph close up some time ago. It is at Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire (UK) where it is complete as a dial, even to the inclusion of a nodus. It does not however have a time scale. That dial is mounted on a 4m high octagonal column and as a consequence it is remarkably difficult to photograph against the sky let alone view any of its detail from the ground. Thank you for providing the historical background to this interesting practice. Patrick
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