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.Village Green, Golant
This is an analemmatic dial and it consists of a north-south pathway inscribed with the months of the year surrounded by an oval array of hour markers. It is an azimuth dial and tells the time by the direction from which the sun is shining. Since this varies throughout the year for any particular hour, the user, who acts as the gnomon, has to stand on the pathway as near to the current date as possible when his shadow will indicate the time. This example was designed by G Cowling and made from Delabole slate by Modern Sunclocks. It bears the motto, ’Yn skes termyn’ (In the shadow of time) and an inscription, ’Residents and friends of Golant made this human sundial to mark the year 2000’. Each hour marker measures 480mm x 340mm and the dial is 6.6 metres across. It shows 7am to 6 pm (GMT) and 6am to 9pm (BST).
Village Green, Golant, Cornwall
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4595 | 2000 | 2001 | 50.36222, -4.64056 N 50° 21' 44", W 04° 38' 26" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Analemmatic | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Modern sunclocks/G Cowling | Delabole Slate | 6600w |