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.
Click here for the BRIDOL main page.C of E Community Primary School, Swaffham Prior
The dial is on a wall facing the main road.
It is constructed of heavy white plastic by Colin Jones of Advanced Sign Technology, Newmarket, to a design by Dr Margaret Stanier. The lettering is black with a yellow smiling sun at the gnomon root. The sub-style is shown dotted - not split.
The dial uses Arabic numerals to show 6am to 3pm BST in hours and 2:30pm. There are no other subdivisions.
The brass sheet gnomon was made by Mike Hatley of Mackay’s Small Works in Cambridge.
At the top of the dial is the inscription ’SWAFFHAM PRIOR A.D. 2000’. On the right (east) side ’BST’ and below the face the latitude and longitude. At the base ’M.S. Delineavit’.
A meridian marker line has also been laid across the playground vertically below the gnomon root.
Ref: BSS Bulletin Oct 2000 p 126
C of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, CB25 0LG, Cambridgeshire
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4411 | 2000 | 2000 | 52.25278, 0.29556 N 52° 15' 10", E 00° 17' 44" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Vertical (D) | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| M Stanier delin | Plastic & brass | 1200h x 800w |