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.Wolfson College, Oxford
In the formal garden (sometimes called the Oriental Garden because of the planting scheme) is an octagonal brass horizontal dial 240mm across. Its most striking feature is the rod gnomon which is held in the mouth of a Chinese dragon. It has a nodus and there are declination lines on the dial face for the solstices and equinoxes. The hour lines on the dial face have Arabic numerals for GMT and Roman ones for BST. There is a compass rose round the root of the gnomon and there is also an equation of Time scale. The dial is a gift from the college’s first President in 1986.
Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2141 | 1986 | 1993 | 51.77194, -1.25500 N 51° 46' 19", W 01° 15' 18" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Horizontal | Restricted |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Brass | 240 octagon |