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BRIDOL is the British Sundial Society's Register of Fixed and Mass Dials, which gives detail and photographs of about 8000 fixed sundials and 3000 mass dials in the UK.

Some of these are in private gardens, but the majority are publicly available.

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St Laurence’s Church, Holwell

The dial is under the battlements on the south wall, above the door. It shows 6am to 6pm in half and quarter hours. The dial was renovated in 1998/9 by S & L Kellard of Street, but the gnomon was not replaced.

 

Image of dial 0726
2012
Image of dial 0726
2021

St Laurence’s Church, Holwell, DT9 5LB, Dorset

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S0726 2000 50.90583, -2.42944
N 50° 54' 21", W 02° 25' 46"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST699119
Condition Type Access
Bad Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone 670 square