Sundial De Slotplaats - Bakkeveen NL
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dreamhummie
N 53° 05.026 E 006° 15.094
32U E 315928 N 5885119
Sundial on Estate De Slotplaats along Foarwurker Wei in Bakkeveen, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMRE0V
Location: Friesland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/16/2016
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The Sundial, dated 1750, is located in the recessed front garden of the former mansion of the Slotplaats.
It is partly a so-called polar sundial. The sundial is most likely manufactured by or for clues of J.H. Knot, around 1750 the Jhr. Edzard van Burmania, son of the house, taught mathematics and navigation. The time clock was in 1787 damaged by gunfire. The present white paint conceals the damage. The garden ornament is drawn at the intersection of the center lines from the front door by the garden and masonry between the two flights of stairs to the recessed portion of the garden. The sundial already traditionally one spot; although the garden ornament once stood in the backyard of a country on the road, called Blauwhuis, which was demolished in 1837.
The stone sundial consists of a constricted column with acanthus leaf motif on the base and mirror surfaces, on which the actual sundial peace and has crowned a sphere. The actual sundial is apparently an irregular shape. The stone ribs serve as styles, 22 of which can be counted; some style little shade every two dials. The numerals in Arabic numerals; only specify the hour. There are planar, cylindrical and hollow dials. When the cylinder to east and west sides, the tops of the winter the shape arc and the undersides of the summer arc. On the east side is a sun carved in relief.
Source:
Sundial Type: Polar - dial plate parallel with earth axis
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