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Field Visit
Date 11 October 1999
Event ID 612316
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612316
Black obelisk with circular bronze sundial inserted, surmounted by five flying female angels, one touching the top with her left foot, another on her left knee supporting another on her shoulder. Two more touch the top/upper part by abdomen and hands respectively. Spiral movement of limbs and directions.
Inscriptions : Carved into alternate sides of obelisk: AXIS and MUNDI
Signatures : At bottom of obelisk under sundial:
GERALD OGILVIE LAING ME FECIT / MCMXCI
Design period : 1991
Notes : To be stored at Baileyfield 2009
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0058)
