A wide hole within the center of the disk previously interpreted as a place to grip the compass could have served as a holding spot for this so-called central gnomon, the team suggests.

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This suggests that the spread of Viking-inspired solar compass technology in the region is a possibility. The medieval discs assessed in the study may have been among such tools introduced by the ...

Three Decatur friends have built an analemmatic sundial which they hope will be telling time at some public space near you.

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Learn about the collection of medieval stone disks found in Ukraine and why researchers are speculating on their role as solar compasses for Vikings.

The compass bowl and the magnetic needle are later replacements. The dial’s shadow-casting gnomon has a support in the shape of a bird, with a tiny plumb bob.

A correspondent informs us that a friend of his has invented a new gnomon for sun-dials, which is simply a piece of thread or twine carried at an angle from the center of the dial to a post set at ...