Barrie's Clock, Hilltown

This is a well known landmark in the Hilltown area of Dundee. Generations of Dundee children (when their parents needed a break) have been told to 'awa an see the time oan the Hulltoon clock'!

The inscription on the clock support says:

Presented to the Community of Dundee
by Charles Barrie,
one of the representatives of the Seventh Ward,
December 1900

The Clock was refurbished around 2006, part of a renewal project of the whole area. A photo from early in the 20th Century, shows that there was an underground Gents Toilet beside the Clock, with railings surrounding the stairs. At some point this was obviously filled in for there is no sign of it now.

The Clock stands near a busy intersection, probably leading many a driver to know just how long they had been in a traffic jam.