Anduze, Gard, Southern France - Sundials on Waymarking.com

This is a good example of this type of dial, in the town of Anduze in
southern France (Gard). The "Cadrans Solaires Francais Catalogues" describes the setting as a "tour de l'horloge". The cylindrical tower now has a clock and a sundial but its original purpose was a watch tower or barbican, a remnant of the fortifications around the old town. The dial demonstrates some of the features of a dial laid out on a cylinder. It is useful for only a few hours as the cylindrical
plane of projection curves away from the gnomon. The Anduze dial is
essentially a noon mark, showing hour marks for only one hour on either side of noon. It has declination lines with zodiac marks so it shows the seasons well. It also shows that the hour lines are curves on the cylindrical surface. The curvature increases with the time from noon as the shadow moves around the cylinder.

Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate Related Web Site: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   12/27/2016 BertrAnduze visited it