Field Visit
Date 11 October 1999
Event ID 612308
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612308
Four sided sundial with octagonal white faces, mounted on vase-shaped support with pedestal and separate bases, surrounded by tiny garden and circle of railings.
Inscriptions : On base of urn on south face of block (incised letters):
PRESENTED BY / COUNCILLOR KINLOCH ANDERSON / 1890
On south face of dial: SO PASSES LIFE (top) / ALAS! HOW SWIFT (bottom)
On north face (top): NUMBER NONE BUT SUNNY HOURS
Signatures : None
Year of unveiling : 1890
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0054)
