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Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
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Fig. lG77.-Croft-an-Rie-h. Fig. 1G78.~ North Leith. SUNDIALS 492 SUNDIALS Aberclour, Fifeshire.—This quaint dial (Fig. 1679), drawn from asketch by Mr. John D. Michie, artist, stands in the gardens of ThePlace of Aberdour. It belongs to the second class of horizontal dials.Its square ornamented pedestal, resting on four large balls, is similar in
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l> 11TilUiTi (nTtniTiTTrnrrirn.-nTinnTi;??*- Fig. 1679.—Aberdour. idea to the 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 some

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