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Three metres up on the south wall
of St. Buadan's C.of I. Church, Culdaff, is a 600mm wide by 20mm thick vertical
direct south facing slate sundial dated 1820. It is wedged out approximately
50mm along the east edge and is held in place by four corroding iron brackets
with resultant minor rust stains on the face of the dial. It is engraved to
show the time from 6a.m. to 6p.m. in Roman numerals with hour, half hour,
quarter hour and 5 minute divisions. There is a noon gap to compensate for the
thickness of the brass gnomon. It is split from top to bottom and while the
slate has moved vertically there is only minor chipping along the break
line. Culdaff is situated 25km north east of Buncrana and 6km east of Malin town in the Inishowen peninsula. Lat 55°17' North Long 7° 10' West Irish Grid C 253300 449200 |