Wind Dial
Wind Dial is a work of art in Dundee City, Scotland which is located on Beach Crescent. Wind Dial is situated nearby to Broughty Rock, as well as near Ye Amphibious Ancient Bathing Association.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Address: Beach Crescent, Broughty Ferry
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Broughty Castle and Broughty Ferry railway station.
Broughty Castle
Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site.
Broughty Ferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughty Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Broughty Ferry in Dundee, Scotland. It is sited 3 miles 38 chains from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Dundee and Balmossie. Broughty Ferry railway station is situated 1,700 feet north of Wind Dial.
St Aidan’s Church, 408 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Church
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Aidan’s Church, 408 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Wind Dial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughty Ferry and Tayport.
Broughty Ferry
Suburb
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.
Tayport
Town
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the Firth of Tay opposite Broughty Ferry, a suburb of Dundee. The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939.
Barnhill
Quarter
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnhill is an area in Dundee, located within the suburb of Broughty Ferry. It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, Barnhill was a separate village.
Wind Dial
- Category: tourism
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.46305° or 56° 27′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.87153° or 2° 52′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C8VF47H+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 5317329958OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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