ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA . LITTLE LANGFORD . WILTS

GRADE II* † C12 – C15; Wyatt restoration 1864. Myra (as Church Notice Board; OBS); also, Mira. Charming small church in Little Langford (not nearby Steeple Langford as mostly given in refs) down a side road off a side road. A pleasure to visit and of considerable interest. C12 font bowl; a fine tympanum with symbolic carvings; a large hexfoil re-sited high up on E end N quoin; and – most relevant here – an excellent scratch dial re-sited as quoin stone low down W end of N side (cf Litlington E Sx). 51.1288 /  -1.933 / SU047366

DIAL

Re-purposed, inverted, and making a fine quoin stone. 9 lines (2 faint). Deeper cut noon line. An afternoon dial presumably with Observance ± None.

HEXFOIL

Very visible once noticed re-sited high up N side of E end

TYMPANUM

Well worth examining closely to work out the symbolism before looking it up on HE / BLB

GSS Category: Scratch Dial; Mass Dial; Re-sited dail; Inverted dial; Hexfoil; Tympanum

All photos: Keith Salvesen