Eureka Park, Swadlingcote

This large horizontal dial slopes 16° upward to the north. It replaces a defunct floral clock of the same size and on the same site, which was built to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The dial face is of Portland whitbed stone and the chapter ring is Cumbrian green slate, all 3cm thick. The sun disc is red Indian granite and the hour lines are Welsh blue-black slate. The whole is surrounded by a contoured stone wall with drainage holes at the bottom rim. The stainless steel gnomon is 25mm thick and carries a disc nodus 50cm above the dial face. Declination curves for equinoxes and solstices are cut into the stone and named. The Arabic hour numerals for 5am to 7pm are cut as outlines into the chapter ring and painted light grey, and are read from the inside. The motto ’NOW IS THE HOUR’ appears at the southernmost section of the chapter ring. There is an EoT plate with dedications between the sun disc and the motto.