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.St Mary the Virgin Church, Aldermaston
A circular mass or scratch dial inscribed on a tower buttress.
The dial is on the south-west diagonal buttress to the church tower, 2.2m (7’ 6") above ground level. It is circular with inscribed hour lines to the lower section of the dial. Roman numeral hour numbers I, II and III are visible, aligned with the hour lines, but at the positions you’d expect to be labelled XII, I and II respectively. Also, note that the lines are closest together near the horizontal, not near noon. Both these must be wrong if these are conventional hour lines.
There is a large gnomon hole but, as invariably with such dials, no surviving gnomon.
Note that parking for services is available via the Manor House Hotel entrance.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Road, Aldermaston, RG7 4HR, Berkshire
| SRN | Year | Recorded | Coords |
|---|---|---|---|
| S6345 | 2006 | 51.38083, -1.14361 N 51° 22' 51", W 01° 08' 37" |
| Condition | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Fair | Vertical (D) | Open |
| Maker | Materials | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 165 dia |