Menhir
Menhir is an astronomy instrument of neolithic age.
Menhir is a naturally or artificially treated upright standing stone. During neolithic and bronze age, menhirs were used for astronomic observation and religious ceremonies sometimes involving sacrifices.
I imparted the menhir with easily guessed oriental features. However, be your garden laid out in oriental style or any other, you may not doubt this is a true artifact. It brings our minds back to the times when humankind was performing its first steps towards understanding the laws of astronomy. Menhir is the major astronomy instrument of the period. Square holes in its faces allow to determine points of sun rising and setting on days of equinoxes and also to register the moment when Sun crosses the meridian running through your garden.
These measurements are not very precise, yet corresponding to the knowledge of men who used the instrument for the first time. (Are there a lot of us whose knowledge is greater today?) In the night time, the menhir may be used as garden spot lights with candles installed in square niches.
Vertical stone needle with cardinal directions carved in the bottom part may be removed.
Edition - unique.
More than two meters high, weights about 180 kg.
Price: 140000 rub.
More details about menhirs may be found here.
If you buy a sundial as a gift, do not forget, please, to order an anniversary line. At the appointed day the shade on a sundial face will move along a specially calculated line. It may be a birthday, wedding day, or any other day you like.
According to a centuries-old tradition a motto or a dedication is advisable on a sundial face. You may choose a motto from the list or suggest your own one. Mottoes and anniversary lines etched on a sundials in stock are free.
The duration of solar day is changeable within a year. Thus the difference between clock and sundial indications may be as high as 15 min depending on the season. You may easy convert solar time into mean time and vice versa using the equation of time table or graph. Usually I make it of brass, copper or stone.
