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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 714672
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/714672
NT27SE 35.07 26845 74005
(NT 2684 7400) Sundial (NR)
Although this sundial is popularly associated with Mary, Queen of Scots, it was constructed in 1633 for Charles I. The dial-head bears enrichments such as the crowned initials of Charles I, his queen Henrietta Maria, and royal heraldic devices and badges. The octagonal pedestal, which seems to have been renewed, stands on the original base of three octagonal steps. The total height is 10' and the width of the base is 10'3".
This sundial originally stood within a formal lay-out in the King's Privy Garden, W of its present position.
J S Richardson 1950; RCAHMS 1951.
As described in previous information.
Visited by OS(SFS) 3 December 1975.
