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Sundials in Ireland |
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If you know the location of a sundial in Ireland (not the mass produced garden ornament variety) please email it to me Click here to email M.J.Harley |
| Telling the time by a sundial |
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| Sundial Time V. Watch Time |
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Why does my sundial and watch tell different times? Which is right ? Answer - they both are. Click on the photo for an explanation |
| Solar Information |
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Displays todays Equation of Time, Sundial Time, etc. etc. Click on the sun for details |
| The Irish Grid Co-ordinate System |
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Click on the map for an explanation of the grid system |
| International Sundial Trail Competition |
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There were nine entries for the 2001 Sundial Trails competition sponsored by Sundials on the Internet :- The Gorlitz, Germany, Sundial Trail by Martha A. Villegas and José C. Montes The Hampshire seaports Sundial Trail by Peter Ransom The Leicester Time Trail by Allan Mills The Rupelmonde Sundial Trail in Flanders by Jozef Pauwels The County Down Sundial Trail by Michael J. Harley The City of London Sundial Trail by Katherine Hallgarten and colleagues The Chipping Camden Sundial Trail by Jill Wilson The Derbyshire Sundial Trail by Peter Daykin The Israel Sundial Trail by Shaul Adam The winning entry, was the City of London Sundial Trail |
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Dr. John Davis makes unique sundials and related scientific instruments on individual commissions. Specialising in etched brass dials with finely detailed faces, he can also manufacture in anodised aluminium and composites. Address: Dr J R Davis, Orchard View, Tye Lane, FLOWTON Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 4LD, Tel:01473658646 Click here to email Dr Davis |
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Harriet James restores and makes unique hand carved stone and slate incised sundials. These include horizontal garden sundials mounted on a plinth, vertical sundials for buildings and garden walls, multi-sundials with several faces, school playground sundials, miniature sundials and old church sundials. Click on dial for more information |
| Internet Links |
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The British Sundial Society is an organisation with members from many different backgrounds and countries. There are professional scientists, artists in stone and metal, historians and designers, together with many others who are simply interested in sundials and how they work. To learn about the society, what it does and how to join us, click on the logo. |
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The North American Sundial Society - carries much general information about dialling. To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo. |
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Scottish sundials are, in this Scottish webmaster's opinion, the most adventurous and distinctive in the world. Click on the link to access his site. |
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Information about all aspects of sundials, including sundial makers, books, journals, Sundial Trails all over the world, national societies, sundial projects you can do and dozens of useful dialling links |
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Web site for a group of three sundial amateurs called 'gnomonica' who are compiling an inventory of sundials in the french speaking part of Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels). To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo. |
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 Website of the Sundial Society of The Netherlands Secretary: Hendrik J. Hollander, De Breekstraat 35, 1024 LJ Amsterdam. Netherlands To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo. |
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Mythical Ireland, by Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore is an exploration of ancient Ireland, and in particular the Stone Age sites of the Boyne Valley, in the context of astronomy, mythology, art, photography and archaeology. They believe the ancient people were master astronomers, confidently able to mark the solstices and to understand the cosmic cycles like the Metonic Cycle of the moon and Precession of the Equinoxes |
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Sundials of the British Isles (Limited Edition of 600 copies) £48.50 28 Authors -Mike Cowham, Editor, ISBN 0-9551155-0-7 2005, Hard Back, 272 pages in Full Colour. Details of 400 dials, (33 in Ireland) Click here to email Editor and to buy this book Mike Cowham |
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SUNDIALS History, Art, People, Science Mark Lennox-Boyd, ISBN 0-7112-2494-3, Hard Back, 143 pages in Full Colour. Copiously illustrated book charting the evolution of sundials from the neolithic era to the present day. |
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The Ancient Sundials of Ireland Mario Arnaldi, The British Sundial Society, 2000. Paperback 78 pages. ISBN 0 9518404 2 8 For an abstract from this book click here to visit Mario's website |
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SUNDIALS Christopher St.J.H.Daniel, Shire Publications Ltd. 2004 Paperback 48 pages ISBN: 074780558X |
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Sundials: Their Theory And Construction Albert E. Waugh, Dover, 1973 Paperback 228 pages ISBN 0 486 22947 5 |
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Sundials - History, Theory and Practice René R. J. Rohr, Dover, 1996 Paperback 176 pages ISBN 0 486 29139 1 |
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NEWGRANGE Michael J. O'Kelly Thames and Hudson,1988 Paperback 288 pages ISBN: 0500273715 |
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The Stones of Time Calendars, Sundials and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland Martin Brennan, Inner Traditions International,1994 Paperback 216 pages ISBN: 0892815094 |
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Irish Symbols of 3500 B.C. N.L.Thomas, Mercier Press, 1988 Paperback 112 pages ISBN 0 85342 856 5 |
If you know the location of a sundial in Ireland (not the mass produced garden ornament variety) please email it to me Click here to email M.J.Harley
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