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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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Dial in Northumberland

The dial consists of the figure of Father Time, bearing on his head a multiple dial (SRN 7662) and standing on this cube dial set close to the ground, possibly originally independent. On the dial are Acapulco, Rome, Bordeaux and probably others, and on the S. plate are monthly curves and azimuth lines labelled in points. Father time holds an hour glass. On his back are shown a scythe and an ouroborus (snake consuming its own tail, representing the life cycle). His head is bald at the back. Former wings missing, only scars remain.

 

Image of dial 7663
2014

Privare address, Northumberland

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S7663 2014 Location private
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Fair Mult Cube/Prism Private
Maker Materials Dimensions
Stone S plate 200 x200