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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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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield

The dial is over the south porch door, canted out on the right-hand side to face due south. The dialplate shows lines above the horizon line, and the origins of am and pm hours are displaced as well as separated. A later gnomon does not properly accommodate the split noon line and its origin is incorrect for either am or pm. Shows 4 am to 8 pm (!) in hours, using XII and IIII, with a possible half hour line at 6.30 pm. Slightly mysterious in its faulty delineation as it looks to be a routine dial as found locally.

 

Image of dial 5285
 

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield, Gloucestershire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S5285 17xx 2003 51.46194, -2.31528
N 51° 27' 43", W 02° 18' 55"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
ST782737
Condition Type Access
Poor Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone Iron 600w x 700h estd