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.
This attractive circular blue dial stands proud of the stone lining of a blind archway in the south wall of the museum, to avoid shading by the surrounding arch. It was designed and made by Professor Alan Smith, former BSS member, who was Keeper of Ceramics and Applied Art. Although it is mounted well away from the wall, and could easily be canted, it is delineated for a very small declination to the west of south, with the substyle lying at about 12:15pm. It has upright Arabic numerals for 7am to 6pm, with a noon gap, divided to half and quarter hours, and solstice and equinox curves, with a small nodus spike on the gnomon. Above the gnomon are the latitude and longitude, as 53 25 N and 2 59 W. Across the gnomon root is ’M S/ 20 04’, the initials being in memory of Martin Suggett who was Head Curator of the Earth & Physical Sciences Department. The broad outer band is based on the Anglo-Saxon Kingston Brooch, held in the museum, and in this band at the base appears the motto: ’for.every.man.his.hour’.
2019
World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN, Merseyside
SRN
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Recorded
Coords
S8303
2004
2021
53.40981, -2.98169 N 53° 24' 35.3", W 02° 58' 54.1"
