The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. IGOS.—Druiumoiid Castle. SUNDIALS — 487 — SUNDIALS Drummoud Gardens. It contains the initials of John, Earl of Perth,surmounted by an earls coronet, with the inscription on the marginJOHANNES MARKE LONDiNi FECIT LATT 56 20 1679. The plate measuresllf inches across. Cairnie, near Balcarres, Fifeshire.—This sundial (Fig. 1669), which isdated 1650, and contains the initials and , was, it is conjec-tured by the Rev. J. Wood Brown of Gordon, brought from Pitcorthy, in theneighbourho
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fig. IGOS.—Druiumoiid Castle. SUNDIALS — 487 — SUNDIALS Drummoud Gardens. It contains the initials of John, Earl of Perth,surmounted by an earls coronet, with the inscription on the marginJOHANNES MARKE LONDiNi FECIT LATT 56 20 1679. The plate measuresllf inches across. Cairnie, near Balcarres, Fifeshire.—This sundial (Fig. 1669), which isdated 1650, and contains the initials and , was, it is conjec-tured by the Rev. J. Wood Brown of Gordon, brought from Pitcorthy, in theneighbourhood. In the East Neuk of Fife it is stated that Wester Pitcorthy. Fig. 1669.—Cairiiic. was the dower-house of the estate of Innergellie, and that a DameChristian Piutherford in 1635 was infeft in an annuity from would suggest that the other initials are those of Sir James Lumsdenof Innergellie, the only difficulty being that these parties were nothusband and wife, so far as is known. The dial is well cut in stone, and SUNDIALS 488 SUNDIALS has the frequent mariners compass face enclosed in circles, with the degreesand other signs minutely carved. It measures 4 feet 2 inches in height. Pmkie, Alidlothian (see Vol. ii. p. 392).—This is one of the finestexamples of the class (Fig. 1670), but it is unfortunately broken into two
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