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18 Sep 2006
Analemna, Le Chevalet
On the field at Le Chevalet one of the dials is an alemnetic one. The dial shows hour points from 5 to 7. The gnomon marker has some lines reminiscent of a real analemna, but it is just an artistic one. There are declination points however.
Location: Le Chevalet, Aspres-sur-Buëch, Hautes-Alpes, France
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| 5.734346 | 44.519448 |
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17 Sep 2006
Les Crayons
The design of this horizontal sundial is very original. The dial has been created from gigantic pencils. There are pencils lying on the ground that indicate the hourlines. These pencils point to the hour marks, which are created as pencils driven into the ground. And finally the the gnomon has been implemented as three pencils with one parallel to the earth axis.
Location: Le Chevalet, Aspres-sur-Buëch, Hautes-Alpes, France
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| 5.734621 | 44.519388 |
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17 Sep 2006
Table, Le Chavelet
In this area with several sundials this horizonal dial on a table can be found. The dial is made from baked tiles. The dial shows hourlines and halfhourlines in alternating colours. There are also three declination lines, for winter and summer solstice and the equinoxes.
Location: Le Chevalet, Aspres-sur-Buëch, Hautes-Alpes, France
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| 5.734658 | 44.519501 |
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17 Sep 2006
Chateau, Aspres-sur-Buech
This sundial can be found above the entrance of the old chateau in Aspres-sur-Buëch. Currently this buiding hosts a bread&breakfast.
The dial shows hour and half-hour lines from 5:30 to 4:30. The hourlines start in a classic moon around the gnomon. Below the dial proper there is a drawer of a woman sitting on the ground with a child and pidgeon.
The motto reads “une parole vaut mieux qu’un ecrite”, a word is worth more than a letter”.
Location: Aspres-sur-Buech, Hautes-Alpes, France
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| 5.752318 | 44.522345 |
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17 Sep 2006
Manteyer
This sundial is hidden in the garden of a large mansion. I could not get a good look. It seems to have only some hourlines.
Location: Manteyer, Hautes-Alpes, France
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| 5.967255 | 44.539431 |