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 Lothian Region
A R Somerville, personal file.
Said to be a copy of the original whose plinth is now lying in the undergrowth. Ancestral home of the Somervilles!
"A mansion house located in the Gilmerton District of Edinburgh, The Drum lies 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the city centre. Built as Somerville House between 1726-34 for Lord Somerville, it is a fine Palladian mansion by William Adam (1689 - 1748). It was originally intended to have two flanking wings, but only one was ever built, incorporating an earlier tower house of 1585 by master-mason John Mylne (d.1657). The house was used as a billet by Jacobite troops after capturing Edinburgh in 1745; it is said the Somervilles saved their silver by throwing it from the Dining Room window." Information ©2013 The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland.
Photographs available from The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
Privare address, Lothian Region
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1764 | 19xx | 1989 | Location private |
| National Grid | 3 Words | Sundial Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Poor | Horizontal | Private |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Brass |