Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Sundial

  • Smout House Sundial, Bransdale

    Smout House Sundial, Bransdale

    Back in Bransdale volunteering for the National Trust. Life is getting back to normal. You don’t often come across a sundial in the middle of a field. This is one of a pair (as far as I know) near to Smout House, the National Trust’s Estate Office. The other is close to Bransdale Mill and…

  • Market Cross, Guisborough

    Market Cross, Guisborough

    Recognise this? I am sure this is passed by hundreds of people every day but I suspect few actually look up. And who needs a sundial when we all have mobile phones. What struck me was that the gnomon on one of the sundials is ‘T’ shaped instead of the more usual triangular. In fact,…