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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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Castle View, Bishops Stortford

Painted wood dial plate with applied gold metal letters (’CASTLE VIEW’) and semi-circular chapter ring. No hour numerals, and not clear how radial lines in chapter ring are to be interpreted. Rod gnomon with shaped tip. Dial mounted high up on building (above second floor level) and canted out on left hand side.

 

Image of dial 6854
2009

Castle View, Hockerill Street, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2XR, Hertfordshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S6854 2007 51.85361, 0.16417
N 51° 51' 13", E 00° 09' 51"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
TL49102128 range.events.codes
Condition Type Access
Excellent Vertical (D) Visible
Maker Materials Dimensions
Wood, metal Approx 1143 x 1143