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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 Peter’s Church, Broad Hinton

The dial is over the porch and the motto below reads: "Our days on the earth are as a shadow". Dimensions provided by PN 2001. Upright Arabic numerals, probably 6am to 6pm, but few still legible, to half and quarter hours. Canted out on left hand side. Solid gnomon with curved underside. Sympathetic repair to left hand corner, but 10, 11, 12 hour marks missing.

 

Image of dial 1116
 

St Peter’s Church, Broad Hinton, Wiltshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1116 19xx 2010 51.48639, -1.85028
N 51° 29' 11", W 01° 51' 01"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SU105764
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone 340h x 240w