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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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Dial in Central Region

The plinth has several ornate sections with carved masks, and Coats of Arms with animal supporters, mounted on three square steps at 45° to each other. There are two dial cubes mounted at 45° to each other. The lower cube has three vertical dials, E, S and W, and a Coat of Arms on the N. The E and W dials also have small heart-shaped hollows . The upper cube has dials NE, NW, SE and SW, with faint hour lines and gnomon stumps, and a small bowl hollow. There is a plain obelisk finial. Ref: A R Somerville, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117, 1987, "The Ancient Sundials of Scotland". P62 (E7).

 

Privare address, Central Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S0883 16xx 1985 Location private
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Poor Mult Facet Head Private
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone Cubes 380 & 250 square