Stainless Sundials Spot-on Sundials in Stainless Steel

• A garden in Galway, Irleand
• Marina in the Virgin Islands(14 deg, N)
• Memorial sundial in a Florida Garden
• Visitor centre - Bedford, England
• Charity international HQ - Switzerland
• Baronial mansion - Scotland
• Care home, Berkshire, England
• Park Playground - Wycombe, England
• Prestige housing - London, England
• School playground - London, England
• Memorial sundial - London, England
• Office landscaping - Ireland
• Golf course - Suffolk, England

• Farmhouse garden - Scotland
• Memorial at a school - Ohio, USA
• Cemetery garden - Scotland
• Small courtyard garden - Kent, England
• Private garden - Germany
• Museum garden - London, England
• London Wetlands Centre - England
• Library garden - Texas, USA
• Private garden - Northumberland, England
• Swimming pool - Sussex, England
• School landscaping - Cumbria, England
• School landscaping - Wiltshire, England
• School walled garden - London, England

Sundial in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire 420 x 420 mm. stainless sundial mounted on a natural stone plinth

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Sundial in a garden in Galway, Ireland 300 x 300 mm. stainless sundial mounted on a purpose-made stainless plinth

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Sundial at a Marina in the Virgin Islands(18 deg N) 420 x 420 mm sundial on a plinth sloping at 45 degrees

The sundial is at the entrance to a popular marina.
Horizontal sundials are not very practical in the tropics, because the gnomon is too close to the diallate, and the hour lines are very crowded together.

The solution is to tilt the anle of the plinth; here it is at 45 degrees, and the angle of the gnomon is 59 degrees, so the gnomon when mounted on this plinth is at the correct angle of 15 degrees to the horizontal

Memorial sundial in a garden in Florida, USA 240 x 240 sundial

Sundial at the visitor centre of a major charity in Bedfordshire, England 420 x 420 mm sundial on a reconsititued stone plinth

The visitor centre

The outdoor visitor seating area

Sundial at the world HQ of a major international charity in Switzerland 420 x 420 mm sundial on a medieval stone column

Path into the wilderness area

The sundial is outide the staff canteen and leisure area

The international headquarters

A sundial outside a Scottish baronial mansion 300 x 300 mm. sundial on an existing base

Sundial presented to a Berkshire care home by a resident on her 100th birthday 420 x 420 mm sundial on a Haddonstone plinth

Dial engraving filled with black for the convenience of elderly residents

Each ground-floor resident has their own little garden

Sundial in the playground of a large public park in High Wyombe 420 x 420 mm sundial on an existing Victorian plinth

The international headquarters

The Spot-On Sundial in a new prestige housing development in south-west London Special 450 mm. circular sundial on a marble plinth

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, and part of Imperial Park beyond

The sundial looking down Lensbury Avenue with Parkside Apartments on the right

The sundial is at the top of the steps joining Imperial Park to the apartment blocks

Looking the other way across the park with its large central pond.

The Spot-On Sundial in the playground of an inner city school in London 550 x 550 mm. sundial on a natural rock

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

A sundial memorial in a South London cemetery 420 x 420 mm. sundial on a natural black basalt plinth

The sundial commemorates two sisters whose ashes were interred in the grave of their parents

The sundial is indicating a time of 5 minutes past 4 (summer time) or 5 minutes past three (winter time indicated by Roman numerals). Note the cloud reflections.

The Spot-On Sundial in the grounds of a corporate office in Ireland 550 x 550 mm. sundial on a natural rock

The sundial commemorates the 10th aniversary 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.

A memorial sundial at a golf club in Suffolk 300 x 300 mm. sundial on a Redland Stone plinth

The Spot-On Sundial on a farm in lowland Scotland 420 x 420 sundial on a natural rock

A Spot-On Sundial Memorial at a school in Ohio, USA 420 x 420 sundial on a brick plinth

The Spot-On Sundial in a cemetery in Scotland 420 x 420 sundial on a stainless steel plinth made by a local blacksmith

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

The Spot-On Sundial in a small private garden in Kent 300 x 300 sundial on a natural stone plinth

The Spot-On Sundial in a private garden in southern Germany 420 x 420 sundial on a natural stone plinth

The sundial in daylight

and with its ingenious night lighting

The Spot-On Sundial in the garden of the Horniman Museum in south-east London This 420 x 420 Spot-On sundial is part of the Horniman Museum sundial trail

Memorial sundial at 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 put in place.

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

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.

At a library in Texas 420 x 420 sundial on a natural stone plinth

A private garden in Northumberland 420 x 420 sundial on a Haddonstone sandstone plinth

By a swimming pool in Sussex 300 x 300 sundial on Chilstone terra-cotta plinth

Outside the chapel of a school in Cumbria 420 x 420 sundial on Chilstone plinth

At a school in Wiltshire 420 x 340* sundial on Haddonstone plinth

In a walled garden of a school in S.E. London opening of 420 x 340* sundial on Haddonstone plinth