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.Bovey Castle, North Bovey
Over the main entrance to what was formerly the Manor House Hotel can be seen a vertical dial of break-arch design with a sun in the arch. It declines 18°east and shows the hours VI-IV divided into halves. The gnomon root is in the centre of the sun and the hour lines radiate from the sun’s rim with shorter half-hour lines between. There are two semicircles centred on the gnomon root but these appear simply to be decorative. The house was built in 1907 and it is likely that the dial is contemporary with it. There is a trace of a motto which might once have read ’Solem Veritas’ (The Truth is the Sun).
Bovey Castle, North Bovey, Devon
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5027 | 190x | 2004 | 50.64556, -3.79472 N 50° 38' 44", W 03° 47' 41" |
| National Grid | 3 Words | Sundial Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| SX732844 |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Good | Vertical (D) | Restricted |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Stone, iron | 1000 square (estd) |