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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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Holy Trinity Church, Balsham

The sundial is on the second buttress to the right (east) of the south door. Full length hour lines are incised into the stone of the buttress. There are no numerals. Shows 7am to 4pm with no subdivisions. The large iron gnomon has a bent ’U’ shaped double support and curved tip and origin point.

 

Image of dial 1779
2008
Image of dial 1779
2008

Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, Balsham, CB21 4DS, Cambridgeshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1779 2007 52.13278, 0.31861
N 52° 07' 58", E 00° 19' 07"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
TL588508
Condition Type Access
Fair Vertical (D) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone & iron 630 x 530