Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 Bewcastle Cross, Bewcastle |
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| sundial, Bewcastle | ||
| site name:- | Bewcastle Cross | |
| locality:- | Bewcastle | |
| civil parish:- | Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | scratch dial | |
| coordinates:- | NY56527454 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5674 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY57 | |
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 BSE43.jpg (taken 19.2.2010)  BMQ82.jpg (taken 15.9.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- sundial; scratch dial |
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| source data:- | On Bewcastle Cross:- click to enlargeCV1035.jpg Sketch by W G Collingwood. item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- item:- sundial; scratch dial |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Detail of Bewcastle Cross, Bewcstle, Cumberland, by William
Gershom Collingwood, 1899. click to enlargePR0855.jpg Study of a sundial on the Bewcastle Cross; it is incorporated into the design of scrolling foliage and fruit. The sundial dates from 7th century. Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.54. signed & inscribed &dated at top right:- "W.G. Collingwood Bewcastle. 1899" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.39 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| notes:- |
Cumbrian Sundials database, R Sylvester, 29.5.2008:- |
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| "Bewcastle / 25 miles north east of Carlisle. On church cross / ?Earliest dial in Britain" |
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| made 1675 |
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| British Sundial Society reference number 390 |
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