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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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Hyde Hall Gardens [RHS] (2), Rettendon

The dial is sunk flush into the right hand gable end of a brick walled building about 20m north-west of the Upper Pond. It is formed as a scallop shell with the ribs acting as hour lines, labelled with upright Roman numerals VII - XII - IV - VI. The rod gnomon is slightly bent, with one horizontal support rod. The wall faces slightly east of south and the dial is delineated for an aspect slighly west of south so it may not be in its original position.

 

Image of dial 1994
2024
Image of dial 1994
2024

Hyde Hall Gardens [RHS] (2), Rettendon, CM3 8ER, Essex

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S1994 2010 51.66000, 0.57583
N 51° 39' 36", E 00° 34' 33"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
TQ78269882 sharpen.takeover.shifters
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (D) Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, metal gn 450 square