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.
Click here for the BRIDOL main page.St Newlina’s Church, St Newlyn East
When B Nancarrow made this dial on the church porch he was careful to add the Latitude as 50° 23’ and tell us that it declined East by 11° 10’ which is all pretty accurate. At the top he carved the dismal motto : ’Ye know not the hour’, but surprisingly he didn’t tell us the date when the dial was made. Mrs Gatty says that it was prior to 1846 and that it replaced an earlier slate dial which was broken. This seems unlikely since Nancarrow made the dial at St Enoder in 1766 and this dial looks as if it belonged to that period too. Mrs Crowley suggested that the gnomon was a wooden one but the present gnomon is certainly iron.
St Newlina’s Church, St Newlyn East, Cornwall
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0740 | 1990 | 50.36639, -5.05556 N 50° 21' 59", W 05° 03' 20" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Fair | Vertical (D) | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| ? B Nancarrow | Slate/Iron | 610w x 760h |