The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . 1 P FUU- 4. Fm. 1647.—Newbattle Abbey. SUNDIALS — 474 SUNDIALS certain resemblance to articles of goldsmiths design, and the pedestalseems thin for such a massive superstructure; this is, however, compen-sated for in a great measure by the wide-spreading steps on which thestructure stands. The dial part is octagonal, and contains two tiers ofoblong spaces. Four of the spaces, however, do not contain dials, but arefilled (1) with coroneted initials of William, Earl of Lothian; (2) those ofAnnie,
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . 1 P FUU- 4. Fm. 1647.—Newbattle Abbey. SUNDIALS — 474 SUNDIALS certain resemblance to articles of goldsmiths design, and the pedestalseems thin for such a massive superstructure; this is, however, compen-sated for in a great measure by the wide-spreading steps on which thestructure stands. The dial part is octagonal, and contains two tiers ofoblong spaces. Four of the spaces, however, do not contain dials, but arefilled (1) with coroneted initials of William, Earl of Lothian; (2) those ofAnnie, Countess of Lothian ; (3) the arms of the earl; (4) a figure of thesun, the crest of the family. These are all drawn in detail (see sketch), as isalso one of the slightly hollowed dials, where the profiles of diagonallyopposite faces act as gnomons. Sir William Ker, of the Ancrum family,married, in 1631, Lady Ann Ker, who succeeded to Newbattle in her ownright. He was created earl in the same year, and the dial was doubtlesserected between then and 1667, the year in which the countess died.* The gnomon
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