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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This dial may have been a proficiency test at the end of maker’s apprenticeship with Elias Allen. Hours are shown from 4am to 8pm in 30, 15 and 5 min marks. Hour lines pass through numerals. There is a noon gap. Roman numerals use the form XII and IIII and are read from inside the dial. An Azimuth scale in 1 and 5 degs is read from outside the dial and with N and S letters placed opposite to the true direction. Hour grid lines in ten deg. Intervals (Arabic). It has six Declination lines. The Ecliptic is marked with Zodiac sigils and there is an Altitude scale. The dial is mounted on matching wooden block.
It is kept in store at the museum, A/No 55.1956
Maidstone Museum, St Faith’s Street, Maidstone, ME14 1LH, Kent
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S6035 | 1632 | 2004 | 51.27611, 0.52056 N 51° 16' 34", E 00° 31' 14" |
| National Grid | 3 Words | Sundial Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| TQ759560 |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Good | Horizontal | Restricted |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| John Allen fecit 1632, London | Bronze | 186 a/f octagon |