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  Holker Hall, Lower Holker
sundial, Holker Hall
site name:-   Holker Hall
civil parish:-   Lower Holker (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   sundial
coordinates:-   SD35687748
1Km square:-   SD3577
10Km square:-   SD37

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BUR97.jpg (taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUR98.jpg (taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUR99.jpg (taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUS01.jpg  Analemma, carved on rim.
(taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUS02.jpg  Designer's initials:-
"M.A.L.-B. 1992" Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd.
(taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUS03.jpg  Longitude.
(taken 9.6.2011)  
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BUS04.jpg  The time shown at 12:57:32 GMT according to a gps receiver, atomic clock accuracy; needs the correction of the equation of time, the sun is 1 miin 3 secs fast on this date.
(taken 9.6.2011)  
hearsay:-  
 Nearly a ton of Burlington blue grey slate, 5 feet diameter, designed by Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd. It is said to be inspired by the earliest known sundial invented in the 3rd century BC.
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