Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 Ormathwaite Hall Farm, Ormathwaite |
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| sundial, Ormathwaite | ||
| site name:- | Ormathwaite Hall Farm | |
| locality:- | Ormathwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sundial | |
| coordinates:- | NY26812527 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2625 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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 BYJ27.jpg (taken 21.5.2013)  BYJ28.jpg (taken 21.5.2013) |
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| Three vertical dials facing East, South and West. (Haven't seen the north face.) |
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| The motto round the base includes:- |
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| "... CARPE DIEM ..." |
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| The quotation from Horace Odes I.xi.8 is:- |
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| "Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero" |
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| Seize the day, put but the smallest trust in the morrow |
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| The date is 1769, |
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| "MDCCLXIX" |
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