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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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Thos Powys Almshouse, Chepstow

The dial stands erect on the roof line, supported from behind by two iron stays. It has black lines on a stone ground and shows 4am to 3pm in 30min and 15 min markers. It has a small eight petal rosette at the root of the gnomon with hour lines drawn full length from that. It also has an unusual gnomon support in the form of a ’w’.

 

Image of dial 1822
2011

Thos Powys Almshouse, Chepstow, Gwent Area

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1822 1716 2002 51.64278, -2.67472
N 51° 38' 34", W 02° 40' 29"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST534940
Condition Type Access
Fair Vertical (D) Visible
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, painted 800 square