Kirkdale sundial
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kirkdale-sundial-278-16467867
title:
Kirkdale sundial
text:
The Saxon sundial at St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale in North Yorkshire, near Kirkbymoorside, is an ancient canonical sundial which dates to the mid 11th century. The panel containing the actual sundial above the church doors is flanked by two panels, bearing a rare inscription in Old English, the language of the Anglo-Saxons. The sundial, discovered during a renovation in 1771, commemorates the rebuilding of the ruined church, about the year 1055, by Orm, son of Gamal, whose Scandinavian names
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description:
Saxon sundial in North Yorkshire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkdale_sundial
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date modified:
2023-06-16T20:47:22Z
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