The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1609.—Scotscraig. SUNDIALS 437 SUNDIALS. ^^^:^ y^ rs ,.-^ .:—^ Fig. 1610.—Scotscraig. Side Elevation. Carherry, Haddingtonshire (see Vol. in. p. 430).—This is one of themost quaint and interesting dials (Figs. 1611 and 1612) we possess. Thesupport—a shoit rounded column—has for its capital a graceful femalebust presenting one face to the north, and another (the one shown) tothe south, with the Ionic volutes and abacus so frequent in Renaissancework. On the top rests the dial-stone, fashione
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1609.—Scotscraig. SUNDIALS 437 SUNDIALS. ^^^:^ y^ rs ,.-^ .:—^ Fig. 1610.—Scotscraig. Side Elevation. Carherry, Haddingtonshire (see Vol. in. p. 430).—This is one of themost quaint and interesting dials (Figs. 1611 and 1612) we possess. Thesupport—a shoit rounded column—has for its capital a graceful femalebust presenting one face to the north, and another (the one shown) tothe south, with the Ionic volutes and abacus so frequent in Renaissancework. On the top rests the dial-stone, fashioned to contain upright,reclining, and horizontal dials. There is also an upright round dialat the shoulders of the bust pendant from the volutes. Altogetherthere are thirteen dials on the structure. The base and steps, asis so frequently the case, are set diagonally. The measurements ofthe dial are—height of steps, 18^ inches; shaft and base, 20|inches; bust and abacus, 13^ inches; total to the top of abacus, SUNDIALS — 438 — SUNDIALS 4 feet 4| inches. Above this the dial-stone is lOh inches high by10| inches on t
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