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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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Greyfriars Burial Ground (1), Perth

Five near circular dials on cube. Some gnomons broken or missing. V(S) shows 5am to 5pm in half hours. V(E) shows 6am to 10am.in hours. V(W) shows 1pm to 8pm in hours. V(N) & Horiz dials not recorded. All mounted on square section pedestal and capital that looks oddly out of place. Plaque on pedestal records the dial’s original siting at Springland, Perth, the seat of the Sandemans. Dial moved here in 1929 when that property sold a few years after death of Charles S Sandeman.

 

Image of dial 1575
2000
Image of dial 1575
2000

Greyfriars Burial Ground (1), Perth, Tayside Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1575 1704 2000 56.39361, -3.42861
N 56° 23' 37", W 03° 25' 43"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
NO119233
Condition Type Access
Fair Mult Cube/Prism Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone 380 square