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If you know the location of a sundial in Ireland (NOT a mass produced DIY Store garden ornament) please email it to me (Click here to email M.J.Harley) - a member of British Sundial Society

Telling the time by a sundial

Sundial Time V. Watch Time
	Why does my sundial and watch tell different times? Which is right ? Answer - they both are. Click on the photo for an explanation

Solar Information
	Displays todays Equation of Time, Sundial Time, etc. etc. Click on the sun for details

The Irish Grid Co-ordinate System
	Click on the map for an explanation of the grid system

International Sundial Trail Competition

Click here to activate my entry for the 2001 Sundial Trail Competition

There were nine entries for the 2001 Sundial Trails competition sponsored by Sundials on the Internet :- The Gorlitz, Germany, Sundial Trail by Martha A. Villegas and José C. Montes The Hampshire seaports Sundial Trail by Peter Ransom The Leicester Time Trail by Allan Mills The Rupelmonde Sundial Trail in Flanders by Jozef Pauwels The County Down Sundial Trail by Michael J. Harley The City of London Sundial Trail by Katherine Hallgarten and colleagues The Chipping Camden Sundial Trail by Jill Wilson The Derbyshire Sundial Trail by Peter Daykin The Israel Sundial Trail by Shaul Adam The winning entry, was the City of London Sundial Trail

Sundial Makers
	Dr. John Davis makes unique sundials and related scientific instruments on individual commissions. Specialising in etched brass dials with finely detailed faces, he can also manufacture in anodised aluminium and composites. Click on dial for more information
	Harriet James restores and makes unique hand carved stone and slate incised sundials. These include horizontal garden sundials mounted on a plinth, vertical sundials for buildings and garden walls, multi-sundials with several faces, school playground sundials, miniature sundials and old church sundials. Click on dial for more information

Internet Links
	The British Sundial Society is an organisation with members from many different backgrounds and countries. There are professional scientists, artists in stone and metal, historians and designers, together with many others who are simply interested in sundials and how they work. To learn about the society, what it does and how to join us, click on the logo.
	The North American Sundial Society - carries much general information about dialling. To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo.
Link to Scottish Sundials	Scottish sundials are, in this Scottish webmaster's opinion, the most adventurous and distinctive in the world. Click on the link to access his site.
	Information about all aspects of sundials, including sundial makers, books, journals, Sundial Trails all over the world, national societies, sundial projects you can do and dozens of useful dialling links
	Web site for a group of three sundial amateurs called 'gnomonica' who are compiling an inventory of sundials in the french speaking part of Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels). To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo.
	Website of the Sundial Society of The Netherlands Secretary: Hendrik J. Hollander, De Breekstraat 35, 1024 LJ Amsterdam. Netherlands To learn about the society and what it does, click on the logo.
	Mythical Ireland, by Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore is an exploration of ancient Ireland, and in particular the Stone Age sites of the Boyne Valley, in the context of astronomy, mythology, art, photography and archaeology. They believe the ancient people were master astronomers, confidently able to mark the solstices and to understand the cosmic cycles like the Metonic Cycle of the moon and Precession of the Equinoxes

Books

	The Ancient Sundials of Ireland Mario Arnaldi, The British Sundial Society, 2000. Paperback 78 pages. ISBN 0 9518404 2 8
	NEWGRANGE Michael J. O'Kelly Thames and Hudson,1988 Paperback 288 pages ISBN: 0500273715
	Knowth and the Passage Tombs of Ireland George Eogan, Thames and Hudson,1986 Hardback 247 pages ISBN-10: 0500390231
	Irish Symbols of 3500 B.C. N.L.Thomas, Mercier Press, 1988 Paperback 112 pages ISBN 0 85342 856 5
	The Stones of Time Calendars, Sundials and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland Martin Brennan, Inner Traditions International,1994 Paperback 216 pages ISBN: 0892815094
	Sundials of the British Isles (Limited Edition of 600 copies) £48.50 28 Authors -Mike Cowham, Editor, ISBN 0-9551155-0-7 2005, Hard Back, 272 pages in Full Colour. Details of 400 dials, (33 in Ireland) Click here to email Editor and to buy this book Mike Cowham
	SUNDIALS History, Art, People, Science Mark Lennox-Boyd, ISBN 0-7112-2494-3, Hard Back, 143 pages in Full Colour. Copiously illustrated book charting the evolution of sundials from the neolithic era to the present day.
	SUNDIALS Christopher St.J.H.Daniel, Shire Publications Ltd. 2004 Paperback 48 pages ISBN: 074780558X
	Sundials: Their Theory And Construction Albert E. Waugh, Dover, 1973 Paperback 228 pages ISBN 0 486 22947 5
	Sundials - History, Theory and Practice René R. J. Rohr, Dover, 1996 Paperback 176 pages ISBN 0 486 29139 1