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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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Finlayson Palace, Tampere, Finland

Dial thought to have been bought from London World Exhib in 1862. Shows 4am to 8pm in 30, 15, 10, 5 and 3 min marks. Uses XII and IIII. Numerals read from inside the chapter ring. Noon gap. Inward and outward pointing half hour markers with lozenge heads. ’S’ Shaped gnomon supporter. Mounted on ornate square section cast iron pedestal with square capital and plinth

 

Finlayson Palace, Kuninkaankatu, Tampere, Finland, Overseas Dials

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S4785 1862 1997 61.50000, 23.75000
N 61° 30' 00", E 23° 45' 00"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Good Horizontal Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
JB Dancer Machester Brass 275 diam