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.
The dial is over the south porch and commemorates the Queen’s Golden Junilee. It bears a crown symbol, and ’EIIR’, and two fish, the design being taken from a stone in the church. The motto reads: "Lux Umbra Dei", and the dial is also inscribed: "Royal Path of Time". It shows 7 am to 5 pm in Roman numerals, using a cross for noon and IV for 4pm, the numerals in line with the hour lines. All the engraving is black, except for
a gold infill for the hour numerals and ’EIIR’. The dial face is canted 5 degrees to face south though the main block is flush with the wall. The dial is dated 2002 across the bottom of the mounting plate, but installation was in 2003. The top left hand corner holds the monogram TMA, and the top right has a small flying bird.
2022
Church of St John the Baptist, Ruardean, Gloucestershire
