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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.

Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

Leicester University, Leicester

Inscr reads: "Sir Isaac Newton 1642 - 1727 And all was light". Declination lines with zodiac sigils. Analemma about the Noon line. Lat/Long at top. Hour lines drawn with slight pin cushion effect to compensate for the fact that the oculus is not in centre owing to casting variations. Only bronze version of a limited edition of ten. See also SRN 4593, Flowton, Suffolk. Report of June 2012, dial removed for building works, location unknown.

 

Leicester University, University Road, Leicester, Leics & Rutland

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S6052 2004 2004 52.61889, -1.12417
N 52° 37' 08", W 01° 07' 27"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SK594027
Condition Type Access
Excellent Equatorial Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
John Davis (Delin) Bronze 300h x 480w