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This very interesting sundial stone was found hidden under bushes in an overgrown garden in a small village near Inverness in the north of Scotland. It is known as the Craigdarroch stone after the place where it was found. The stone is carved with sundial lines and hours. We were asked to restore the sundial.
Sundial restoration is always interesting. Sometimes the sundial is historic. Every restoration has to make the sundial work and read the time in sunshine.
Who knew? It’s true, there are trails which take enthusiasts from sundial to sundial around the country. Public parks, universities, schools, hospitals, churchyards, and the walls of buildings – they all hold examples of this ancient way of telling the time. This one is at Lake Wanaka. And this one is at Tauhei, near Hamilton. …
✮ A closeup of the center of the 20-ton Aztec Sun Stone which depicts the sun god and the four epochs of the creation and destruction of the universe in Aztec m ythology. Other symbols represent the 20 days of the Aztec month, the source o f the popular name of Calendar Stone
