Melville House, Sundial
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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- Council Fife
- Parish Monimail
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
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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NO21NE 16 MELVILLE HOUSE
Field Visit (25 June 1925)
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.