The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 191
arieties of shapes, oblong, angular,heart-shaped, and circular. The lower part of the shaft is carvedwith rose and thistle patterns, and on one face are two twistedserpents. Above the dial shaft a collar contains a series of fivecylinder-shaped hollows, and behind these four slanting oblong… … LEIi CASTLE. SCOTTISH DIALS 159 altogether seventy dials. A somewhat similar dial is said to be atCraignethan Castle, Lanarkshire. At Rubislaw Den, Aberdeenshire, two blocks of concave dialsstand one above another on a wide stone base, supported by balusters.At the top is a stone ball marked with…
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