The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 100
church of Uphill inSomersetshire. The church of Up-hill, which stands on a hill over- EARLY ENGLISH DIALS 71 looking the Bristol Channel, has been for some years disused, a newchurch having been built below. The chancel of the old churchhas, however, been preserved as a burial-chapel, and the tower… … UPHILL. narrow round-headed window, apparently of Norman date. Workedinto this window, and forming its top, is a more ancient stone, whichbears upon it a sun-dial, possibly of the Saxon period. A smallhole drilled in the face of the dial on the left side seems to indicatethat the gnomon had a…
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