Sundial 924
- Dial City: Victoria
- Dial State/Province: British Columbia
- Dial Country: Canada
- Lat: 48° 24.723' N
- Dial Nr: 924
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 123° 21.746' W
- Dial Owner: Victoria Parks
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker: Round Table Club
- Dial Date: 1947
- Location:
- Beacon Hill Park, in the center of the rose garden near the washrooms
- Description:
- A standard cast bronze sundial, 12 inches in diameter. It shows solar time with Roman numerals from V to VII with noon as XII. Also marked are the half and quarter hours. The hour lines and gnomon angle are correct for the latitude. The gnomon root is in the center of the circular casting in the center of the wind rose showing the cardinal directions.
- Inscription:
- I COUNT ONLY THE SUNNY HOURS
- Other References:
- Other dials in the Victoria area with the same cast base plate in the NASS registry are:
- 736 Langford, Royal Canadian Mounted Police station
- 749 Sidney, Town Hall
- 752 BC Government House, Rockland
- 753 Hatley Castle, Royal Roads University,
- 755 BC Legislature Rose Garden
- 756 Royal Victoria Yacht Club
Last Update:
2021-07-17 17:31