The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e pedestal of the dial at Pitreavie, about four miles distant(see p. 428), and both rest on a raised pavement, which is of a circularform here, and octagonal at Pitreavie. From information supplied byMr. Pati-ick Borrowman, it appears that on the north-west face of the SUNDIALS — 493 — SUNDIALS pedestal there is a goronet with the insignia of the Order of the Garter,and the motto honi soit qui mal y pensk, and on the south-west facethe Douglas heart. The south-east face contains what appears to
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e pedestal of the dial at Pitreavie, about four miles distant(see p. 428), and both rest on a raised pavement, which is of a circularform here, and octagonal at Pitreavie. From information supplied byMr. Pati-ick Borrowman, it appears that on the north-west face of the SUNDIALS — 493 — SUNDIALS pedestal there is a goronet with the insignia of the Order of the Garter,and the motto honi soit qui mal y pensk, and on the south-west facethe Douglas heart. The south-east face contains what appears to bea clam-shell, and the north-east face a grotesque and undecipherablesculpture. The dial is set north-east and south-west, so that twelveoclock falls exactly at the north-east corner of the stone. The lettersare on the edge of the stone, and a circle contains the degrees numberedon it within. Glasserton House, Wiytonshire*—The architectural features of thisdial (Fig. 1680) recall to mind the Gothic work sometimes producedby the brothers Adam. Glasserton House down to 1740 was a principal. Fig. 16S0.—Glasserton House. seat of the Earls of Galloway. About that date it was burned, andafterwards became the residence of Admiral Stewart, a younger son ofthe earl. The dial probably dates from about the middle of last century;it has a modern dial-plate. * We have to thank Mr. Galloway for a pencil sketch of this dial. SUNDIALS — 494 — SUNDIALS Whitehouse, Craviond, Midlothian.—This sundial (Fig. 1681), whichstands in the garden of Whitehouse, contains four vertical dials on thefrieze of its shaft, along with its horizontal table-dial. The latter is acircular strip of metal cut out like the letter O, and is 3 or 4 inchesin breadth, with the figures and lines cut on it. The gnomon, of which
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