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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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Wellness Garden, Stanwick

Near-horizontal dial as a solid oak disc, 500mm in diameter on a T-shaped post. Shows the hours 8 - 12 - 4, with hour lines and shorter half-hours carved into the wood. Gnomon is formed of a wooden wedge (c. 60mm wide) topped by an aluminium plate whose edges cast the shadow. Five values each month are given for the EoT adjustment needed, which are longitude adjusted. Dial delineated for a latitude 10 degrees less than the actual value, the support post is cut at a corresponding angle, with the intention that water will run off the dial face rather than pool as it would on a flat surface.

 

Image of dial 8586
2026
Image of dial 8586
2026
Image of dial 8586
2026

Wellness Garden, Stanwick Lakes Nature Reserve & Heritage Site, Stanwick, NN9 6GY, Northamptonshire

SRN Year Recorded Coords
S8586 2026 2026 52.33944, -0.58333
N 52° 20' 22", W 00° 35' 00"
National Grid 3 Words Sundial Atlas
SP966715 flock.buying.purse
Condition Type Access
Excellent Horizontal Open
Maker Materials Dimensions
Anton Leach Oak, aluminium 500mm dia. 30mm thick