The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ld dial-stone is 18inches, and including finial 2feet 4 inches. The shaft andpedestal are six-sided; theformer is 2 feet 11 incheshigh, and the latter is 19^inches high. The total heightof the dial is 6 feet 10 inches, Cadder, Lanarkshire. —This dial (Figs. 1633 and1634) stands in front of theold mansion of Cadder, aboutfive miles north - east fromGlasgow. Its shaft bears aconsiderable resemblance to that at Cramond (Fig. 1626), but nothing couldbe more unlike than the two dials themselves—the l
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ld dial-stone is 18inches, and including finial 2feet 4 inches. The shaft andpedestal are six-sided; theformer is 2 feet 11 incheshigh, and the latter is 19^inches high. The total heightof the dial is 6 feet 10 inches, Cadder, Lanarkshire. —This dial (Figs. 1633 and1634) stands in front of theold mansion of Cadder, aboutfive miles north - east fromGlasgow. Its shaft bears aconsiderable resemblance to that at Cramond (Fig. 1626), but nothing couldbe more unlike than the two dials themselves—the latter being the mostcomplicated of the type, and the other designed with a Doric simplicitywhich marks it as distinct from all its companions. Comparing thetwo shafts, it will be observed that they consist of the same generalfeatui^es. Two corresponding members at the base are decorated withcarved foliage. From the cap moulding of both a curved slope leadsup to support the dial. In the one this member is carved, and in theother it is plain. While this does not prove that the Cadder dial was. Fic. 1632.—Edmouslon. SUNDIALS — 458 — SUNDIALS
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