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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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Quinta da Palmeira, Madeira Island

The dial is in the Estate of William Hinton, founder of the Sugar Refinery. It is inscribed ’Pilkington & Webb, Preston, England’. The hours are IIII - XII - IIII - VIII. This information was written on the back of Frank Coe’s photograph.

 

Quinta da Palmeira, Funchal, Madeira Island, Overseas Dials

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S8351 2022 32.64994, -16.86672
N 32° 38' 59.8", W 16° 52' 00.2"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Good Polar Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Pilkington & Webb Brass