ARMILLARY  SPHERE

Now  in place at Scotscraig Gardens after a positioning ceremony on Thursday 10th August 2006

Dictionary definition  -  "ARMILLARY SPHERE  -  a representation of the celestial globe constructed from metal rings"

More information available here - http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/armillary.html

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WAITING AT THE WORKS

THE PLACEMENT AREA

PART OF SCOTSCRAIG GARDENS

THE ARRIVAL

PREPARATION

ALIGNING AND CEMENTING

BOLTING DOWN

NOW IN PLACE

MORE PICTURES TO FOLLOW AFTER A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERED SLABS ARE LAID. THE SPHERE WILL THEN ACT AS A SUNDIAL.

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ITEMS FROM THE PAST ON DISPLAY at an OPEN DAY in KEITH LIBRARY ON SATURDAY 13th MAY 2006

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A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE with PICTURES OF KEITH 1960 -1970

 

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