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.
This church and its associated dial have been dated to 650-700. The church historically has no saint’s dedication. The dial vies with Bewcastle Cross in Cumbria to be the oldest dial in the country (there are no original Roman dials). Carved in relief and sited high on the south wall it has three time or "tide" lines, roughly at 9, 12 and 3. The mythological beast’s head carving (very worn) above, is said to represent chaos, and together with the serpent (creation?) below may recall Norse pagan beliefs. The semicircular barley twist design at the lower dial edge corresponds to the design on the Dalton-le-Dale dial.
The round churchyard layout is further indication of the church’s age.
