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Identifier: castellateddomes05macg (find matches)
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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ls on which are arranged in three tiers.The dimensions of the structure are—height from ground to platformon which lions stand, 3 feet 7 inches; height of lions, 5 feet 2 inches;the cornice above them is 12 inches thick; from top of cornice to underside of facetted head, 3 feet 3; inches high ; the height of the facet-head isabout 3 feet 5; inches, and it comprises twenty-four compartments, eachcompartment containing three or four facets with dials. The earls coronet,supported by the four curved scrolls, is about 4 feet 9 inches high. Thetotal height of the dial from ground to top of coronet is thus 21 feet3 inches. Behind the lions, in the centre of the structure, there is anoctagonal pillar 12 inches thick. The width of the lower step at the groundlevel is 10 feet 10 inches, and the width of the base of the structure atthe level of the top of the second step is 5 feet 4 inches. * For particulars regardmg this dial we are indebted to Mr. Andrew Ralston,Glamis. SUNDIALS 471 SUNDIALS
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Fig. 1645.—Glamis Castle. SUNDIALS — 472 SUNDIALS Portohello Tower, Midlothian.—There is a large collection of carvedstones from various old buildings gathered together at this place, andamongst them is this sundial (Fig. 1646). It stands in front of thetower, and the steps are concealed with a garden rockery. The facesof the dial are very large, and consist of separate slabs cramped together;it is finished with a moulded tapering top, surmounted with a Scotchthistle.

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  • bookyear:1887
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:MacGibbon__David__d__1902
  • bookauthor:Ross__Thomas__1839_1930
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Architecture__Domestic
  • booksubject:Castles
  • bookpublisher:Edinburgh___D__Douglas
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:486
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