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This remarkable sandstone dial can be found on St Peter's Church, Burnley, Lancashire. It is inscribed 'This DIAL was conftructed by / Mr Whyman of GAWTHORP. / in the Year 1791'. Mr Whyman was the Steward at Gawthorpe Hall (now National Trust) at the time of the absentee owner, Robert Shuttleworth. Around a circle centred on the gnomon root is 'LATITUDE 53 49. LONGITUDE FROM THE MERIDIAN OF THE OBSERVATORY AT GREENWICH [unreadable]'. The position of the simple bronze bar gnomon, at 10:00am, indicates that the dial was designed to face about 25 degrees east of true south.
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