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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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Market Cross, Cumnock

Cube with SE and SW dials. NE face says 1703, repaired 1778; NW has coat-of-arms of the Eael of Dumfries & inscription; unmarked ball on top. No gnomons present. Motto reads: "God send grace". Mounted on modern square stone shaft on four-stepped plinth, overall about 8 ft high. Ref: A R Somerville, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117, 1987, "The Ancient Sundials of Scotland"

 

Image of dial 1473
1986

Market Cross, Old Town, Cumnock, Strathclyde Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1473 1703 1999 55.45361, -4.26583
N 55° 27' 13", W 04° 15' 57"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
NS568201
Condition Type Access
Bad Mult Cube Market Cross Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone 300 cube