Sundial in Toureen

Inserted into the external face of the S wall of the church (TS075-023001-), 1.23m from the SW angle. A roughly circular sandstone (Wth 0.52m; H 0.43m) stone with straight base and upper portion fractured along the top. Towards the top of the face of the sundial there is an almost square recess (Wth c. 0.07m) with a circular peg hole (Wth 0.035-0.04m) within it. The bottom of the stone has a rectangular mortise (Holland and Waddell 1990, 176, 179) and a photograph taken in 1955 (ibid. 186) shows the sundial with an upper and lower shaft, the upper shaft is no longer in this position. The lower rectangular shaft (Wth 0.27m; H 0.63m) is embedded in the wall directly below the sundial. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011