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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.

Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

The Custom House, Kings Lynn

Double half-ring equatorial dial set on ground of quayside. Embossed Roman numerals start at 8am. Rod gnomon in form of a needle with ball lower end finial and with top bent. Missing since 2011.

 

The Custom House, Purfleet Quay, Kings Lynn, PE30 1HP, Norfolk

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1938 1988 1993 52.75481, 0.39447
N 52° 45' 17.3", E 00° 23' 40.1"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Excellent Equatorial Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Black iron 1000 diam semicirc