Analemmatic Sundial - Tanglewood - Lenox, MA
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N 42° 20.976 W 073° 18.789
18T E 638935 N 4689971
An analemmatic sundial is located in the formal garden of the famous Tanglewood concert venue in Lenox, MA
Waymark Code: WMH9BE
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2013
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An interactive analemmatic sundial on the grounds of Tanglewood comes with a plaque that provides instructions for use. You stand at the appropriate engraved rectangle and become the gnomon. The plaque is inscribed:
THE ANALEMMATIC SUNDIAL
Find your location which corresponds to the current time of the
year on the "Scale of Months" and stand at that place.
Your shadow will fall towards the time of day
for eastern Standard Time.
Inscribed in a granite trapezoid inset on the left side is:
Given in 1992 by the family and friends
of James F. Kiley Facilities Manager.
Inscribed in a granite trapezoid inset on the right side is:
In celebration of his life and forty years
of devotion to Tanglewood's beauty