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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.

Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

Dial in Highland Region

Shaft: Five square panels on each side, hollows with dials, initials (RR) & date (1714) & shield on N side. Metal gnomns missing. Boss: Standard Type, hollows with stone gnomons and vertical dials on octagonal band, corners cut out, reclining and inclining dials above and below. Finial: Five panels restored. Ref: A R Somerville, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117, 1987, Ref: "The Ancient Sundials of Scotland", p16 (B3). MacGibbon & Ross, p 415 Ref: "Garden Ornament", Gertrude Jekyll, No 22, p 380

 

Image of dial 1197
1897

Privare address, Highland Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1197 1714 1974 Location private
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Fair Mult Obelisk Complete Private
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone 1820 - 2430 high