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The
Spot-On Sundial in the playground of a large park in High
Wycombe
420 x 420mm. sundial
on a Victorian pedestal
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The
Spot-On Sundial in the garden of a house in Perthshire
300 x 300mm. sundial
on an existing pedestal with an additional
top plate
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The Spot-On Sundial in the prestige award-winning residential
mixed use development
at Imperial
Wharf, London, SW6 by St
George Central London
Special 450 mm.
circular sundial on a marble plinth
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The sundial at noontime, showing the "line of light" taken
straight up sun. |
Side view showing
the reflections and the top of the gnomon apparently floating |
The Sundial with its handsome marble plinth adjacent to the
Imperial Wharf Park. |
The sundial located
on Lensbury Avenue. |
The sundial positioned on Lensbury Avenue, leading to Imperial
Wharf Park. |
Overlooking the
Imperial Wharf Park and boating pond. |
The
Spot-On Sundial in the playground of an inner city school
in London
420 x 420 mm.
sundial on a natural rock
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The sundial is
at the end of the large and busy school playground. It was
presented to the school by a leaving class to commemorate
their time at the school. The engraving incorporates the school's
crest. The pictures show the intriguing reflections in the
mirror-polished surface when the sundial is located near buildings
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The Spot-On Sundial in the grounds of a corporate office
in Ireland
550 x 550 mm.
sundial on a natural rock
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The sundial commemorates
the 10th anniversary of the opening of the offices of Boston
Scientific in Ireland. The plinth is a large natural rock,
which has been planed on one side to take an inscription in
Ogham, the ancient language of Ireland. 
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A memorial sundial at a golf club in Suffolk
300 x 300 mm. sundial
on a Redland Stone plinth
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The
Spot-On Sundial on a farm in lowland Scotland
420 x 420 mm. sundial
on a natural rock
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A natural rock on this farm
was moved, and the top sawn off it to give a horizontal
surface. The sundial was mounted directly onto the rock
and makes a compelling feature for the farmhouse garden
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A
Spot-On Sundial Memorial at a school in Ohio, USA
420 x 420 sundial
on a brick plinth
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A
Spot-On The Spot-On Sundial in a cemetery in Scotland
420 x 420 sundial
on a stainless steel plinth made by a local blacksmith
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The thistle theme of the plinth
is continued on the bench ends and, if you look very carefully,
on top of the gate post capping there are carved granite thistle
heads(they came from the original castle). There is still
some planting to be done round the sunken garden
The location
of this and other Spot-On sundials in stainless steel are
shown on this map
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The
Spot-On Sundial in a small courtyard garden in Kent
300 x 300 sundial
on a natural stone plinth
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The
Spot-On Sundial in a private garden in southern Germany
420 x 420 sundial
on a natural stone plinth
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The sundial in daylight 
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with its ingenious night lighting 
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The London Wetlands Centre, Barnes, London -
420
x 420 sundial on a solid oak plinth
This sundial is a memorial to Max Nicholson who was much involved
with the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust, and many other parts
of the environmental movement. (More details on www.maxnicholson.com).
The hour lines have Arabic numerals for summer time and Roman
for winter time; between the hour lines are short ten-minute
lines and five-minute spots. This picture was taken at 17
minutes to 1 in November 2004, just after the sundial was
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The mirror-polished stainless steel gives strong reflections,
and the gnomon, which casts the shadow, appears to "float
in air" because the matt circle appears to be continuous though
part of it is in fact a reflection. |
For about 5 minutes at solar noon, when the sun is at its
highest in the sky, a line of light shines through the slit
in the gnomon. This design feature is used to orient the sundial
exactly to true North so that it can be read to the nearest
minute or two |
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The sundial is located
outside the Peacock Tower, a 3-storey hide which overlooks
the old reservoirs beside the River Thames at Barnes in west
London. The tower is seen below with the buildings on the
north side of the river in the background. 
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Library
in Texas - 420
x 420 sundial on a natural stone plinth
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Northumberland - 420 x 420 sundial on a
Haddonstone sandstone plinth
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Sussex - 300 x 300 sundial on Chilstone
terra-cotta plinth
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School
in Cumbria - 420
x 420 sundial on Chilstone plinth
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School in Wiltshire - 420 x 340* sundial
on Haddonstone plinth |
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School in S.E. London - opening of 420
x 340* sundial on Haddonstone plinth |
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