Sun-dial in Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 October 2003. Sun-dial.

Sun-dial in Churchyard

WRENN ID
sacred-window-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 October 2003
Type
Sun-dial
Address
Sun-dial in Churchyard, Llandrillo
OS grid reference
SJ 034 370
Coordinates
52.92218, -3.43778
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sun-dial in the churchyard features a tall stone shaft with rounded corners. Near the top, it is encircled by an iron band. At the top of the shaft, there is a brass sun-dial, although the gnomon is missing.

Local climate

Sun-dial in Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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