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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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Arts & Crafts Cottage, Blairgowrie

Motto reads: "Lucem Demonstrat Umbra". Inscr states ’285 ft above sea level.’ Breakarch design with sunface in arch and motto, date and lat/long around. Lat 5630 Long 0320. Shows 8am to 8pm in half and quarter hours. Uses XII and IV. Gnomon mounted on noon line but twisted. A two hour shift in limiting hours (6-8) indicates a 35 deg declination. Height above sea level given as 285 ft. Supported on two corbels on a harled gable end.

 

Arts & Crafts Cottage, Keay Street, Blairgowrie, Tayside Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S4266 1916 2000 56.50000, -3.33528
N 56° 29' 60", W 03° 20' 07"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
NO179350
Condition Type Access
Excellent Vertical (D) Visible
Maker Materials Dimensions
Sandstone 300 square estd