The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1583.—BallendaUoch. Elevation. Fig. 1584.—BallendaUoch. View. the upper one being round. The dimensions of the dial are—height ofshaft 2 feet 10^ inches; height of capital, 1 foot 21 inches; heightof top, 2 feet 5 inches; height of steps, 1 foot 9 inches; total height,8 feet 3 inches. The breadth of the shaft is 8^ inches. For a perspec-tive sketch of this dial we are indebted to Mr. R. Thornton Shiels,architect, and for its dimensions to Mr. A. H. Cooper, * We are indebted to Mr. Andr
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fio. 1583.—BallendaUoch. Elevation. Fig. 1584.—BallendaUoch. View. the upper one being round. The dimensions of the dial are—height ofshaft 2 feet 10^ inches; height of capital, 1 foot 21 inches; heightof top, 2 feet 5 inches; height of steps, 1 foot 9 inches; total height,8 feet 3 inches. The breadth of the shaft is 8^ inches. For a perspec-tive sketch of this dial we are indebted to Mr. R. Thornton Shiels,architect, and for its dimensions to Mr. A. H. Cooper, * We are indebted to Mr. Andrew Grant of Invermay for fine sketches of thedials at Drummond Castle and Invermay, made by James MLaren, a young man onthe latter estate. SUNDIALS 420 — SUNDIALS Lennox Castle, Stirlingshire.—This drawing is made from measure-ments and sketches by Mr. John B. Ross, land steward at LennoxCastle. The peculiarities of the dial (Fig. 1585) consist in the shortnessof its shaft, which contains only three sections, being the fewest of any known example, and in having a beadmoulding beneath
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