The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ketch of this dial we are indebted to Mr. R. Thornton Shiels,architect, and for its dimensions to Mr. A. H. Cooper, * We are indebted to Mr. Andrew Grant of Invermay for fine sketches of thedials at Drummond Castle and Invermay, made by James MLaren, a young man onthe latter estate. SUNDIALS 420 — SUNDIALS Lennox Castle, Stirlingshire.—This drawing is made from measure-ments and sketches by Mr. John B. Ross, land steward at LennoxCastle. The peculiarities of the dial (Fig. 1585) consist in
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . ketch of this dial we are indebted to Mr. R. Thornton Shiels,architect, and for its dimensions to Mr. A. H. Cooper, * We are indebted to Mr. Andrew Grant of Invermay for fine sketches of thedials at Drummond Castle and Invermay, made by James MLaren, a young man onthe latter estate. SUNDIALS 420 — SUNDIALS Lennox Castle, Stirlingshire.—This drawing is made from measure-ments and sketches by Mr. John B. Ross, land steward at LennoxCastle. The peculiarities of the dial (Fig. 1585) consist in the shortnessof its shaft, which contains only three sections, being the fewest of any known example, and in having a beadmoulding beneath and above the dial stands on two octagonal steps,each 5^ inches high, with a third stepbeneath, 3 feet 2 inches square by 8 incheshigh, and it has a tapering iron rod for atermination 35 inches long. The height ofthe shaft, including the bead, is 27 inches,and of the capital 17 inches. The taperingtop, including the under bead, is 26| inches;. Will wi
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