The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1477.—Bni-lhwiik Cliuich. JiiP!i*l||iJiiiiili,. Fig. 1478.—Prestonpans. Borthwick Churcli, Midlothian. —This neat dial (Fig. U77), dated 1707,is inserted in the south-west corner ofthe south porch or transept of thechurch, which probably dates fromthe fifteenth century. Prestonpans, East LotJnan (seep. 51).—There are a number of dialsin this village, and several which onceexisted have been lost or of the houses on which theyappear belonged to masons. Thewestmost dial in the
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. 1477.—Bni-lhwiik Cliuich. JiiP!i*l||iJiiiiili,. Fig. 1478.—Prestonpans. Borthwick Churcli, Midlothian. —This neat dial (Fig. U77), dated 1707,is inserted in the south-west corner ofthe south porch or transept of thechurch, which probably dates fromthe fifteenth century. Prestonpans, East LotJnan (seep. 51).—There are a number of dialsin this village, and several which onceexisted have been lost or of the houses on which theyappear belonged to masons. Thewestmost dial in the village is on ahouse which belonged to one Petti-crew, a mason; and the next dial,soinsr eastwards, is likewise on amasons house. Fig. 1478 shows theposition of the latter on the cornerof the house, as well as an enlargedsketch of the dial, which is a circular SUNDIALS — 365 SUNDIALS one inscribed on a square stone. In the upper cornersthere is a representation of the sun and moon, with theinitials of John Howison, and his wife, Agnes Wood,with the date 1729. Round the top is an ornamentalscroll containing the masons arms, a chevron betw
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