Sundial 372
- Dial City: Bowie
- Dial State/Province: Maryland
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 58.979' N
- Dial Nr: 372
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 76° 43.171' W
- Dial Owner: Sacred Heart Catholic Church
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker: Restored by Francis J. Deutsch, Sr.
- Dial Date: original 1827, restored 1858
- Location:
- Sacred Heart Chapel, 16501 Annapolis Road (Route 450), up the road east of Sacred Heart Church. Behind the trees, 1 km east from SR 3.
- Description:
- A small vertical stone dial with a weathered wood gnomon is mounted with iron brackets to the wall of Sacred Heart Chapel. The dial is about 26 inches wide by 16 inches high. The inscribed longitude of 00 deg 20 min East is correct for the United States Prime Meridian which goes approximately up 16th Street in Washington DC. In 1853, fire destroyed everything but the walls of the chapel; it was reconstructed in 1858. The present stone dial is reported to have been made by Francis J. Deutsch, Sr., replacing and duplicating the original. See NASS Compendium Vol. 5, No. 3, Sept., 1998. The whole dial is now covered with white paint and the gnomon which is set at 42? is placed upside down. The wall is 7? SE but the dial was designed for true south.
- Inscription:
- July 1827 Latitude 39 deg 59 min N Longitude 00 deg 20 min E
- Other References:
- NASS Compendium Vol 5, No. 3, p. 8, Sept 1998
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