Sundial
By the entrance to Neptunes Arm car park, in the plaza next to the clock tower, is this human sundial.
Sundial
To make it work, simply stand on the relevant month's brass plate and read your shadow.
Sundial
The numbers in the outer circle are for GMT, the inner circle for BST.
Sundial
Using the logic from the previous two photos, it was about 11:35am when I took these shots.
Sundial
The sundial was opened in February 2005, "to celebrate 100 years". Hmm; of what? Herne Bay? Nah - that was officially recognized in the 1830's. I presume it's 100 years of the Herne Bay Rotary Club.
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