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Leitrim / Re: Glenfarne Hall
« on: Friday 24 October 08 07:05 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for your posting and links Christopher
I have a special interest in sundials and am currently researching a 19th c. slate sundial maker called Richard Melville a.k.a. Melvin who may have come from Co. Down. One of his dials was made in 1844 for a Hy. Tottenham and has the Latitude of 54D 21M inscribed, this is the latitude of Enniskillen/Downpatrick and places in between. I found a young Hy Tottenham from Enniskillen at school in England during the 1861 census and this aroused my interest. Of course this dial may have been made for a Hy T. in England or for that matter anywhere else along the 54D 21M line. You can see a thumbnail image of this dial on the homepage of my website
www.sundials-ireland.com
Thanks again for your help
Michael
I have a special interest in sundials and am currently researching a 19th c. slate sundial maker called Richard Melville a.k.a. Melvin who may have come from Co. Down. One of his dials was made in 1844 for a Hy. Tottenham and has the Latitude of 54D 21M inscribed, this is the latitude of Enniskillen/Downpatrick and places in between. I found a young Hy Tottenham from Enniskillen at school in England during the 1861 census and this aroused my interest. Of course this dial may have been made for a Hy T. in England or for that matter anywhere else along the 54D 21M line. You can see a thumbnail image of this dial on the homepage of my website
www.sundials-ireland.com
Thanks again for your help
Michael