Sundial 724
- Dial City: Jamestown
- Dial State/Province: Virginia
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 37° 12.599' N
- Dial Nr: 724
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 46.779' W
- Dial Owner: Preservation Virginia, Jamestown
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1907
- Location:
- Yardley House in Historic Jamestown 204 Franklin Street Jamestown
- Description:
- A 15 inch octagonal bronze horizontal dial with a bronze gnomon. Dial face shows hour, half-hour, quarter-hour and 5-inute marks with Roman hour numerals. The gnomon is damaged and analysis shows the dial hour lines are laid out for approximately 45° latitude instead of the local 37° latitude. The dial is on a white granite pillar.
- Inscription:
- TIME IS VALUABLE PRESENTED BY THE NEWINGTON BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES 1907
Last Update:
7/23/2011 11:15