The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1585.—Lennox Castle. Fio. 15Sii.—Panmure. height of dial, 5 feet 10| inches, and the total height of the stonework,including the steps, is 7 feet 5| inches. Panmtire, Forfarshire.—This dial (Fig. 1586) appears to us to be apart of the shaft of an obelisk. Carberry^ Midlothian (see Vol. in. p. 430).—There are two companiondials in the grounds of Carberry Tower. Of one dial (Fig. 1587) only the SUNDIALS 421 — SUNDIALS octagonal capital is old, the pedestal with the curved neck being quitemode
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1585.—Lennox Castle. Fio. 15Sii.—Panmure. height of dial, 5 feet 10| inches, and the total height of the stonework,including the steps, is 7 feet 5| inches. Panmtire, Forfarshire.—This dial (Fig. 1586) appears to us to be apart of the shaft of an obelisk. Carberry^ Midlothian (see Vol. in. p. 430).—There are two companiondials in the grounds of Carberry Tower. Of one dial (Fig. 1587) only the SUNDIALS 421 — SUNDIALS octagonal capital is old, the pedestal with the curved neck being quitemodern, and clearly not according to the original design, as this isevidently the capital of an obelisk dial, and a very remarkable one itis, being pierced quite through in the manner shown. The raisedplacques on the faces are of uncommonshapes. A wooden pin or dowel, therounded end of which is seen on the top,goes down through the capital into thenecking, and the rounded bead seen be-tween the two is of wood. The totalheight of the dial as it now stands is about6 feet. Fig. 1588 shows an
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