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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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Carclew House, Truro

On the lower lawn is a cube sundial with dials on each of the four faces. The south face shows the hours 6am to 6pm divided into halves, the west face shows 4pm to 8pm undivided and the east face 4am to 8am also undivided. The north face is badly worn and has no markings. The replacement gnomons have decorative supprts. The dial has a tapered top with pineapple finial and is supported on a square section pedestal.

 

Image of dial 2744
 

Carclew House, Perran-ar-Worthal, Truro, Cornwall

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S2744 1994 50.20250, -5.09417
N 50° 12' 09", W 05° 05' 39"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SW793382
Condition Type Access
Fair Multiple Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone 270 x 350 each