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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.

Click here for the BRIDOL main page.

Dial in Somerset

The dial hangs on an indoor wall and receives sunlight only between mid-late February and mid-late October. It shows 12 noon to 9pm with upright Arabic numerals, divided to half and quarter hours, with solstice and equinox lines. Ref: Bulletin 35(i) March 2023, pp 2-5 has a full account of the construction.

 

Image of dial 8371
2023
Image of dial 8371
2022
Image of dial 8371
2023

Privare address, Somerset

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S8371 2023 2023 Location private
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
Condition Type Access
Excellent Vertical (W) Private
Maker Materials Dimensions
David M Brown Plywood 900 sq