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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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St Mary the Virgin Church (2), Broughton Gifford

This is the lower dial on the SE tower buttress. Motto reads: "Umbra Videt Umbram" (A shadow marks the shadow). Uses Arabic numerals for 6am to 6pm in half and quarter hours with full lines for hours and others in garter round edge. (The upper dial is SRN 2795.) Ref Gatty 1900, motto 1503.

 

Image of dial 4417
2005
Image of dial 4417
2005

St Mary the Virgin Church (2), Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S4417 2005 51.36694, -2.17667
N 51° 22' 01", W 02° 10' 36"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST878631
Condition Type Access
Fair Vertical (D) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone W/iron 450 square