Record ID: NMS-D44EE6
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy pocket sundial. It consists of a rectangular strip of copper alloy 11.5mm wide, bent into a curve and broken at both ends (slightly worn breaks). About a third of a ring of c. 30mm diameter (perhaps distorted) survives. The outer face has a central longitudinal rectangular-section recess, with engraved capital letters between setting-out grooves above and below the recess. These letters should be the initial letters of the twelve months, but they are worn and very hard to read. The inner face has four fine longitudinal setting-out grooves which are c…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF7847
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Portable sundial of simple ring-dial type, complete with slider. The main ring is 38 mm in diameter and 12 mm wide, and has a glossy dark brown patina. On the outside it is decorated with four engraved longitudinal lines, with a groove between the central pair. This groove contains a separate slider (now fractured) with a matt olive green patina. The slider is made up of a narrow penannular ring with the ends held by a square loop. Part of the outside is marked with a calendrical scale, with the initials of the months January to June between one outer pair of lines and those of the…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.