horizontal sundials
The wall on which a vertical sundial is mounted does not have to face due south. A sundial can be calculated to work well on a wall facing in almost any direction so long as the wall is not seriously overshadowed by other buildings or trees.

Gilded plum slate dial
Guilded plum slate dial for
St. Kenelm's church, Church Enstone, Oxfordshire.
The latin motto means
“Times they are a-changing”.

Portland stone sundial
Portland stone sundial at
St. Mary's Church Ashby, Suffolk.

A memorial sundial
Memorial sundial at
St. Edward's School, Oxford.


The latin motto means
“better late than never”.

Tollgate
A Portland stone dial for the west wall of a farmhouse. The motto means “Without light, nothing”.

Local Cumbrian stone sundial
A dial for a Cumbrian cottage made from the local stone.

Memorial sundial at Birmingham University
Memorial sundial at Birmingham University.

A memorial sundial
Memorial sundial at
Treloar School, Hampshire

Portland stone sundial
Portland stone sundial for HMS Excellent
Naval Training College, Portsmouth.

Millennium sundial
Millennium sundial at New College, Oxford.

 

 

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