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Inveresk Lodge, Sundial
Sundial (17th Century)
Site Name Inveresk Lodge, Sundial
Classification Sundial (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pitreavie Sundial
Canmore ID 210560
Site Number NT37SW 162.03
NGR NT 34890 71818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/210560
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 162.03 34890 71818
This lectern sundial was moved to Inveresk Lodge from Pitreavie, Fife. For the facet headed sundial that was formerly at Inveresk Lodge, see NT37SW 162.08. (A Cassells, 26 November 2009).
Field Visit (7 August 1928)
SUNDIAL. Behind the house stands a sundial of "lectern" type on an octagonal step (Fig. 48 [SC 1108703]). The square pedestal, like that of the dial at Aberdour House (NT18NE 7.01), is borne on four stone spheres and has a cartouche on each side. The northern face shows a lozenge-shaped escutcheon bearing a fess checky between three mascles, for Wardlaw. The southern one bears: A fess and in base a mascle, for Beaton of Balfour.* The eastern one bears the initials S.H.W., while the western one has a heart-shaped centre with the date 1644. The dial proper rises from a moulded capital. The total height, measured from the step, is 6 feet 3 inches. The date and initials indicate that the sundial was erected by the second Sir Henry Wardlaw (1637-53), whose wife was Margaret Beaton of Balfour.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 7 August 1928.
*This should properly be a fess between three mastles.
Reference (7 February 2013 - 7 February 2013)
Polyhedral sundial installed in Inveresk Lodge Garden in 1968. Originaly from Pitreavie Castle, Fife and dated to 1644. The dial bears the arms of Henry Wardlaw and his wife's family, the Beatons of Balfour, and was restored in 1991.
(Information from NTS, February 2013)
Information from NTS
