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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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St Peter’s Church (2), Wolvercote

A vertical south-facing dial on a polyhedral stone on the corner of the tower. An interesting and possibly unique dial. The tower is fifteenth century and the dial may be the same age. A print of 1802 shows the dial. It is on a stone block protruding from the south corner of the tower, about 4m above ground level. The block has vertical east, south and west-facing faces and triangular sloping faces. The only gnomon is on the vertical south-facing face. The block has eroded considerably and no markings can be seen on any of the faces. The sheet iron triangular gnomon has a scalloped lower edge and a broken tip, but the remainder seems undamaged. See also dial SRN 6003 just above this one.

 

Image of dial 6004
2017
Image of dial 6004
2017

St Peter’s Church (2), First Turn, Wolvercote, OX2 8AS, Oxfordshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S6004 2004 51.78556, -1.28083
N 51° 47' 08", W 01° 16' 51"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP497099
Condition Type Access
Poor Vertical (S) Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone, iron