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 Donegal Sundial |
 St. Peters Church of Ireland, Killaghtee  Killaghtee Sundial from above |
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On the south side of St. Peter's
Church of Ireland, Killaghtee, in the graveyard, is a large undated
(c.1853) monumental limestone sundial. Deeply incised into the 24" diameter
capital top, it sits on a 16" square by 4ft. high plinth. It is engraved to
show the time from 6a.m. to 6p.m. in Arabic numerals with hour, half hour and
quarter hour divisions. There is a noon gap in the hour ring to compensate for
the thickness of the now corroding iron gnomon. Killaghtee is 1km west of Dunkineely on the N56 Road from Donegal Town to Killybegs. Lat 54°38' North Long 8° 22' West Irish Grid G 175980 375975 |