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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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The Courts [NT] (1), Holt

Dial is located above the garden door to the library. Very little detail is visible, there are very faint 1pm and 2pm lines. Wall declines 40 deg West, dial’s design declination appears much less but shadow aligned with the gnomon at 16.05pm clocktime in July which agrees with 40 degs. Gnomon is solid with decorative holes and is offset for numerical symmetry. Dial plate with moulded edges.

 

The Courts [NT] (1), Holt, Wiltshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S3877 17xx 2010 51.35417, -2.19944
N 51° 21' 15", W 02° 11' 58"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST862617
Condition Type Access
Poor Vertical (D) Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, Iron Gn 400 square estd