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Description: | Fragment of a pocket sundial. The fragment consists of part of the circular frame, although it is now distorted. The frame has a slot circa 30mm in length along the centre of the strip. Along the lower edge of the frame there are a series of evenly spaced notches. At the left hand side the number 'II' are visible, and at the right hand side there are letters 'TW' just before the break. The sundial would be used by adjusting a slide (missing here) within the slot to the month and suspending the ring in sunlight. The sun would shine through the slot onto the hour of the day. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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