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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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Heriot-Watt University (1), Edinburgh

This dial was originally at Riccarton Castle, Midlothian. It was badly damaged but has since been replaced by a replica (see SRN 8573). Ref: Bulletin 36(iv) December 2024 pp23-25 Ref: Gatty, The Book of Sundials, 1900 Ref: MacGibbon & Ross, The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, 1892

 

Heriot-Watt University (1), Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Lothian Region

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S8572 1829 2925 55.90917, -3.32333
N 55° 54' 33", W 03° 19' 24"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
NT17376926 thing.curvy.beyond
Condition Type Access
Poor Horizontal Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Robert Palmer Slate Oct, 539 a/f, 18 thick