Dominick wrote:I always go back to Shakespeare's Garden. It just feels right when you are standing in that place. I have never been able to fit the verse in an understandable way. The "Giant pole" line do not seem to fit anything in the garden except maybe a tree. The bust of Shakespeare could be the "object of Twain's attention." I would love to hear what you have found out about the garden before 1991.
Basically, the entry and paved areas were part of a 1991 renovation. So, the G h being part of S
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Garden is not a legitimate reading of the clue. It wasn't there in 1980 when BP buried casques. Part of the renovation was to move the sundial, so if people have been bouncing off the current location of the sundial, then that's not a correct assumption either. When the quake levelled the adjacent buildings (Academy of Science), they were rebuilt, including an underground carpark and refit of the Music Concourse, and that rebuild took a small section off the North Eastern corner of the garden. From a quick re-construct via some bad imagery, I don't think the grassed areas were changed, but some trees along that edge may have been removed or effected. It was around this area that the sundial could have been originally placed. There are photos out there from about 15 years prior to casque burials that show something very much like the pedestal. The sundial also had a small winged gnomon on top that cast the shadow. That's no longer there, but was a recent vandalism/ degredation issue. Plenty of photos of what it looked like.
Sadly, reconstructing the area around the original sundial location would be impossible. It is possible that something in the area could have had a telling symbol on it which could quite likely have been lost with the renovation and rebuild.
I can get to Shakespeare's Garden really easily on what I think is a good, straightforwards path (I believe this is a path puzzle, not a location one), but am stumped a little at the end. I need a little time on ground (or eyes on ground) to explore a few directional ideas from the original sundial position, but that end of my idea is honestly pretty weak...
