Sundials in Ireland - Ancient Monastic Dials Clynnog Fawr Wales
Sundial - inside red circle - at St Beuno's Church Clynnog Fawr |
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This sundial is one of only
two Irish-style sundials in Wales (the other being at Twywn). It probably dates
to the 10th or 11th century. It was for many years used
as a footbridge across the Glan-Mor mill stream at Aberdesach. It was returned
to Clynnog Fawr churchyard in 1930. The semi-circular face is etched with five
lines, dividing the semicircle into four segments.
See Time Reckoning
in the Medieval World, Scott & Cowham, British Sundial Society
,2010.
Address: St Beuno's Churchyard,Llyn Peninsula, Clynnog Fawr,
Gwynedd, Wales
Location: on A499 road
Lat 53° 1' North Long
4° 22' West
If you
know the location of a sundial in Ireland (NOT a mass produced
DIY Store garden ornament) please email it to me
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M.J.Harley) - a
member of British Sundial Society
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