The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . — SUNDIALS Hawick, Roxburghshire.—Ori the 25th of December 1888 a sundialwas found built into one of the grates in the house of Mr. Francis Scott,26 High Street, Hawick, who kindly sent us a sketch of the dial. Itis a square block of stone with two face dials; the third side containsindistinct lettering, and on the fourth side there is the date, in clear largeletters, 1683. On the upper and lower surfaces there is a hole as if for adowel. In the newspaper report of its discovery considerable imp
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . — SUNDIALS Hawick, Roxburghshire.—Ori the 25th of December 1888 a sundialwas found built into one of the grates in the house of Mr. Francis Scott,26 High Street, Hawick, who kindly sent us a sketch of the dial. Itis a square block of stone with two face dials; the third side containsindistinct lettering, and on the fourth side there is the date, in clear largeletters, 1683. On the upper and lower surfaces there is a hole as if for adowel. In the newspaper report of its discovery considerable importanceis attached to the dial, as it was apparently used by the inhabitants, aclock not having been introduced till eleven years later, when the tolboothwas erected. Peebles. — In Chamberss History of Peeblesshire there is a woodcutshowing a dial on the top of a wall over an arched gateway. West Linton, Peeblesshire.—Dials forming terminations at the eaves orlower ends of gables are of common occurrence, and a good example isshown from a one-storied cottage at West Linton (Fig. 1533).*. Fig. 1533.—West Linton. * This drawing is copied from a sketch by Mr. C. S. S. Johnstone, architect,Edinburgh. SUNDIALS — 388 — SUNDIALS debted for this dial (Fig. 1534) to ^rtSr ^ ::?;:!;=:- oia « Dr. Laing of Newburg ^^-.
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