There is in a pocket park in Acton, Mass., a most unusual sundial. I discovered it quite by accident, tucked into a hill between a strip mall and a bank.
To tell the time on a sunny day, you must stand on a paving stone carved with the month of the year. Pillars, or columns, of varying heights indicate the hours. The first time I tried, in October, my shadow told me it was about 2 pm. In November, according to my shadow, I was there about noon.
I have Googled every phrase I can think of and have found nothing about either this park or the particular way of constructing a sundial. If anyone can enlighten me, I’d greatly appreciate it.
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I have also found Sundials fascinating,neat find.
It was fun to stumble upon this unusual one.
This is cool! Wouldn’t someone in the town hall know who created the sundial?
You are right. I plan to keep investigating.
Very cool!
So mysterious. Why is there no explanation about where the sundial design comes from and who paid to build it? I’m determined to find out more.
This kind of sundial occurs occasionally over here in Germany. It was quite common at the time before mechanical clocks, (Often found in cloister gardens.) Over here we have sundial societies, and at least one is international, and they have all kinds of, often free, publications. Maybe there is one near you? By the way, did you notice the system is similar to the one at places like Stonehenge. Or the Cahokia mounds in southern illinois.
Wow! This is great information! And, no, I didn’t make a connection to any of those things. I’m going to try to find pictures. Thank you so much, dunnasead.