Quinish House
Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Quinish House
Classification Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 266271
Site Number NM45SW 27.02
NGR NM 41466 54244
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilninian And Kilmore
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM45SW 27.02 41466 54244
NM 414 542. Sundial, Quinish House: a dial-head of 17th century date stands on a modern pedestal 40m of the 19th century mansion of Quinish. It comprises a 0.31m cube of grey sandstone carrying a wedge-shaped projection 0.15m in height into which a gnomon is fixed.
Alternate faces of the lower block are ornamented with heart-shaped recesses and with circular hollows crossed by diagonal bars, and the N and S faces are inscribed respectively with the date 1688 and the initals MCC. The provenance of this object is unknown, although it is probably of Scottish origin.
The sundial is shown on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Argyllshire, Island of Mull 1882, sheet lii).
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1971
