Year 2007

Sundial of the month October

East declining vertical sundial

At the foot of a river dyke in Winsen, Gelderland, on the wall of an old farm, is an east-declining sundial.
At the foot of a river dyke in Winsen, Gelderland, on the wall of an old farm, is an east-declining sundial. The pattern is painted on a plaster surface.

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The numerals run from IV to III (15) hours.
The sundial dates from 1798 and, according to an inscription, was renovated in 1933.

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Fer de Vries.

Address: Winsen, Gelderland, Dijk 41.

English translation: RH