Jamestown Dial by Tony Moss at Observatory Park Great Falls VATo celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony, Tony Moss an English dialist and exquisite machinist [now retired] designed, manufactured, and presented a phosphor bronze horizontal dial to the Fairfax County Park Authority at Turner Farm, Observatory Park in Great Falls, VA.  Details are at the North American Sundial Society website:

http://www.sundials.org/index.php/sundial-registry/onedial/633.html

The dial is shaped with four rounded cruciform arms that captures the balance between the New and Old World. The most striking feature is the inclusion of reproductions of King James Great Seal of the English Virginia Company. The "navette" (little boat) shape of the seal is also reflected in a similar shape of the dial itself.

These "English" features are balanced by American design features in the form of the "Celebrate Virginia" logo and that of the Analemma Society that co-funded the pedestal along with Fairfax County Park Authority.  The impetus to make the dial was from Tony Moss receiving the Sawyer Dialing Prize from the North American Sundial Society in 2005.

The dial is located the Sundial Garden of Observatory Park in Great Falls Virginia  at 38° 59.800' N  77° 18.700' W and  sits on a square classical pedestal in reconstituted limestone made by Haddonstone UK. The pedestal and sundial are placed in a paved and railed area around the dial. A remarkable steel "safe" is provided to protect the dial and pedestal from theft and damage.

Jamestown Dial by Tony Moss - Detailed Drawing