The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . iameter; above this thedial rises 3 feet 6 inches high; the base is 5^ inches square, andthe shaft tapers from 4 inches to 3^ inches; the disc is 13 inches indiameter. SUNDIALS 501 — SUNDIALS Colonsay House, Isle of Colonsay. — This dial (Fig. 1694) is from asketch by Mr. Galloway. It stands in an extensive and beautifulgarden; the date on thehouse, the residence of Major-General Sir John MNeill, is1722, and probably the dateof the dial is the same. Baryalij, near 2Iinidgaff,Kirkcudbriglitsliire
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . iameter; above this thedial rises 3 feet 6 inches high; the base is 5^ inches square, andthe shaft tapers from 4 inches to 3^ inches; the disc is 13 inches indiameter. SUNDIALS 501 — SUNDIALS Colonsay House, Isle of Colonsay. — This dial (Fig. 1694) is from asketch by Mr. Galloway. It stands in an extensive and beautifulgarden; the date on thehouse, the residence of Major-General Sir John MNeill, is1722, and probably the dateof the dial is the same. Baryalij, near 2Iinidgaff,Kirkcudbriglitsliire. — Thisview and plan (Figs. 1695and 1696) are made from asketch by Miss Johnstone,Miunigati Manse, and thefollowing information com-municated by her is interest-ing. The dial is the handi-work of Andrew Heron ofBargaly, who died in 1729;it bears his initials and thoseof his wife, Mary Graham,cut on the corners of the dial-stone (Fig. 1696). In theAdvocates Library JMacfar-lane Mss., Vol. i. p. 517, occursthe following entry :— Thereare some stones on the twogates of the churchyard with. Pui. liiQ-l.—Culuiisay House. some proper inscriptions from the Psalms, and a dyal in the middle ofthe churchyard, all done by Bargalys own hand. The dial is not in any
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