October 27, 1788

Posted by sydney on Oct 27th, 1788

Set up again my stone dial, blown down many years ago, on a thick Portland-slap in the angle of the terrass.  The column is very old, came from Sarson house near Amport, & was hewn from the quarries of Chilmarke.  The dial was regulated by my meridian line.

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