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| HER Number: | MDV7294 |
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| Name: | Sundial on St. Mary's Church, North Huish |
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Summary
Sundial dated 1686 with the motto, 'As time and houre passeth away, So douth the life of Man decay'.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 711 565 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX75NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | North Huish |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH HUISH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX75NW/2/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SUNDIAL (Dated, XVII - 1686 AD to 1686 AD)
Full description
1888, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV141312.
Sundial on parish church. Unusual sundial apparently executed by the same stone mason as diptford and woodleigh. They all have a large central ball with smaller ornaments on each side. North huish has unornamented triangles, and primitive leaf designs down the side, and little geometrical scrolls and designs placed at random about the face of the dial. Same motto as diptford; "as time and hours pass away, so douth ye life of man decay". The gnomon is placed diagonally from east to west. Mrs gatty in book of sundials (1888) mentions a dial with the same motto at brent dated 1685. If this is south brent, the dial has disappeared. Date 1686.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV141313.
Crowley, j. /tda/93(1961)269, 279 /sundials in south devon.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV141312 | Migrated Record: 1888. |
| SDV141313 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV7291 | Part of: St Mary's Parish Church, North Huish (Building) |
| MDV7298 | Related to: Sundial, St Mary's Parish Church, Diptford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 12 2015 3:44PM |
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