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Melville House, Sundial

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Sundial (17th Century)

Site Name Melville House, Sundial

Classification Sundial (17th Century)

Canmore ID 30163

Site Number NO21SE 24

NGR NO 2992 1375

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View of sundial, Melville House.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Monimail
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO21SE 24 2992 1375.

(NO 2992 1375) A fine free-standing sundial is situated in the middle of the forecourt of Melville House. On an octagonal graduated base is a square baluster-shaft having a dial on each side and bearing the date 1677 with a shield, now illegible, beneath a coronet. The shaft supports a multi-dialled head. The sundial came from Balgonie Castle (NO30SW 4). RCAHMS 1933, visited 1925.

This sundial has been considerably damaged and is now an amalgam of various carved stones. The shaft and multi-dialled head have not survived.

Visited by OS (J P) 22 June 1974.

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see also

NO21NE 16 MELVILLE HOUSE

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Field Visit (25 June 1925)

RCAHMS County Inventory: Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan

SUNDIAL.

Centred in the forecourt of Melville is a fine free-standing sundial, which has been brought from Balgonie Castle. On an octagonal graduated base is a square baluster-shaft having a dial on each side and bearing the date 1677 with a shield, on which the charges are illegible, beneath a coronet. The shaft supports a multi-dialled head.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 25 June 1925.

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