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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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Market Place in railed garden, Colerne

The dial is located in the Market Place within a railed garden on a tall Doric memorial column. It has furniture on the N and S faces, with the date 1893 on both, and gnomons intact. Hours on the S face are VI - XII - IIII - VI, with no subdivisions. The E and W faces are blank.

 

Image of dial 3086
1995
Image of dial 3086
1995

Market Place in railed garden, Colerne, Wiltshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S3086 1893 2005 51.43944, -2.26167
N 51° 26' 22", W 02° 15' 42"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST819712
Condition Type Access
Good Vertical (S) Visible
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, metal gn 400 cube