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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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St Hugh’s College, Oxford

Brass double horizontal dial, 2009 facsimile of dial by Richard Glynne. Listed as M-23 in Monograph No. 5. & BSS Bull,21(ii), p.11,(June 2009). POLAR DIAL: Vl-XII-VI, inwards facing, divided to quarter hours, fleur-de-lys on half­ hours, transversals reading to 1 min. STEREO GRID: IIII-XII-VIII (inner), IX­ XII-III (outer), divided to ¼ hours. Declination lines 5° (equatorial with additional dots and labelled (0)-12-(24) for right ascension), numbered 10s. Date scale around horizon circle, JAN - DEC, divided to days. Ecliptics shown dotted, labelled zodiac signs (Aries at E.). Correction graph for EoT + longitude, -10, 0, 10, 20 mins, radial layout, individual days. Compass rose 16 point, labelled. Coat of arms for St Hugh’s College at S with motto "FIDELITAS". Initials "JD" (J Davis, projection delineation) and "G.S.J.W" (Sir George White, engineering support). Gnomon: engraved along style edge with musical stave and notes. Glynne-style fleur-de-lys at tip. Sides engraved with moondial offset table, (48 mins per day). "FAST’’ on E. and "SLOW" on W.

 

St Hugh’s College, St. Margaret’s Road, Oxford, OX2 6LE, Oxfordshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S8585 2009 2026 51.76694, -1.26222
N 51° 46' 01", W 01° 15' 44"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP510078 pump.pages.parent
Condition Type Access
Excellent Horizontal Restricted
Maker Materials Dimensions
Joanna Migdal. Del. J Davis Naval brass 540mm dia, 8mm thick