Sundial 1051
- Dial City: Nashville
- Dial State/Province: Tennessee
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 36° 05.253' N
- Dial Nr: 1051
- Dial Type: Polyhedral Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 86° 52.422' W
- Dial Owner: Cheekwood Estate and Garden
- Dial Designer: unknown
- Dial Maker: unknown
- Dial Date: copy of 18th Century sundial
- Location:
- The dial is in Cheekwood Estate and Garden 1200 Forrest Park Drive Nashville Tennessee 37205 . Paid admission required. Dial is located near the Train Garden entrance.
- Description:
- The dial is overgrown with lichen and stained with dirt. Underneath this rather shabby exterior is a fine polyhedral sundial with ten hemispherical dials arranged in a dodecahedron. Each dial is 8-in (20cm) in diameter fitted with a quarter-inch thick bronze gnomon. The gnomons are set in a common direction for the North Celestial Pole of approximately 51 deg latitude. The design and latitude leading to the the conclusion it is a copy of an 18th century English sundial. The dial is similar to NASS #27 in Hartford, CT. which was originally located at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex south of London. The Nashville dial sits on an ornate flower-motif pillar approximately 8 feet high. Sitting on top of the dial is a shield and rampart lion, similar to the Hartford-Storrington Abbey sundial.
- Other References:
- See NASS #27 a similar polyhedral sundial
Last Update:
2022-04-17 16:03