Saturday 15 December 2018

Sundials, witches and the eye of God: time in Pendle

 I was interested to spot the small sundial perched on top of the pillar at Newchurch in Pendle. The backstone is not in line with the rest of the church. I think that they have made it face due south to make the angles easier, unlike the one in Radley that I've posted about before. It shows that the church is only approximately west-east in alignment.
 The time theme also plays out with this being the birthplace of Jonas Moore, one of the founders of the Greenwich Observatory which later became the centre of our time system.
And the eye of God? Well, that on the tower in the top picture, left of the bottom of the star decoration. Make of it what you will.