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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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All Saints’ Church, Swinderby

On Sth wall of West tower. Possibly the only elliptical dial in Lincs. Mounted on (or carved from) rectangular back plate. S shaped gnomon supporter. 4pm mark may be VI. Shows 6am to 6pm in hours. The dial plate is canted out on the right hand side, and is set into the stonework close to the SW corner of the tower, resting on a small corbel.

 

Image of dial 4311
2013
Image of dial 4311
2013

All Saints’ Church, Swinderby, Lincolnshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S4311 2013 53.15972, -0.70333
N 53° 09' 35", W 00° 42' 12"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SK868633
Condition Type Access
Fair Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, iron 686h x 457w ellipse