The Esplanade Sundial Chairs - Satellite Oddity - Porthcawl, Wales
N 51° 28.570 W 003° 42.279
30U E 451063 N 5703014
A 25 feet diameter Sundial featured on Virtual Globetrotting has each of the radiating hour lines ending with a metal chair. The seats are intended for people to sit on, thereby changing time. located at The Esplanade, Porthcawl, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQ4JP
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/18/2015
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The massive Sundial has inscriptions on the back of each of the 15 chairs, in English & Welsh mixed together, (Some missing letters)
There are two plaques set in the ground, inscribed in English & Welsh
"Remember tomorrow" & "Invest in yesterday" This is the artists Andy Rowe's, idea of time being altered by people sitting on the seats.
In the centre of the sculpture is a large 10 feet high, cast bronze pointed gnomon.
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