The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . havingbelonged to a dial similar in design to those of Newbattle ; the left-handfigure would fit such a position as those standing on the pedestal of thelatter (see Fig. 1647), while the carved head on the right hand, recliningon the scroll, recalls the similar features on the upper part of the New-battle dials, and so likewise does the carved tapering finial. The lintel-like stone on which this latter rests may or may not be a part of the contains the date 1672. Castle Park, Prestonjjan
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . havingbelonged to a dial similar in design to those of Newbattle ; the left-handfigure would fit such a position as those standing on the pedestal of thelatter (see Fig. 1647), while the carved head on the right hand, recliningon the scroll, recalls the similar features on the upper part of the New-battle dials, and so likewise does the carved tapering finial. The lintel-like stone on which this latter rests may or may not be a part of the contains the date 1672. Castle Park, Prestonjjans, East Lothian.—This dial (Fig. 1651) wasfound by Mr. Hislop, Castle Park, lying in one of the bastions ofthe garden wall enclosing the old castle of Preston; the shaft was alsodiscovered amongst the rubbish; so that in all probability this dialbelonged either to the family at the castle or to that at MagdalensHouse. It is undoubtedly of the seventeenth century, the date of thelatter house, and the period when extensive additions were made to thecastle. It has been re-erected by Mr.
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