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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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Daldowie Crematorium, Baillieston

12-sided prism about 15" across with one cup-hollow, the rest flat surfaces, standing on its point on plinth; all dials with copper gnomons. The dial was dug up at Bothwell Castle and erected on a new plinth in 1952, and stands in the rose garden of remembrance. It was stolen on 19860401 and found at the shop of an antique dealer in Accrington, Lancashire and then re-erected at Daldowie. A R Somerville, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117, 1987, "The Ancient Sundials of Scotland".

 

Image of dial 1483
1986

Daldowie Crematorium, Baillieston, Strathclyde Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1483 1985 55.83111, -4.11389
N 55° 49' 52", W 04° 06' 50"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
NS677618
Condition Type Access
Good Mult Facet Head Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone 380 across