Leven, Durie Street, Carberry House, Sundial
Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Leven, Durie Street, Carberry House, Sundial
Classification Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 31329
Site Number NO30SE 16.01
NGR NO 38464 01132
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31329
- Council Fife
- Parish Scoonie (Kirkcaldy)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO30SE 16.01 38464 01132
A sundial, found on 15th January 1889, broken and built into a garden wall, is believed to be the remains of the town cross of Leven.
T Ross 1890
The alleged Market Cross of Leven would appear to be rather a sundial taken from some other place and put up here as a cross.
J W Small 1900
Sundial, Leven: Portions of a shaft, bearing dials, were found in a wall in 1889, and were believed to be the shaft of the old town cross, which had been removed and lost in 1767. It was conjecturally restored and now stands in the grounds of the Greig Institute.
RCAHMS 1933
NO 3895 0113. This sundial has been moved to the grounds of Carberry House. It is as illustrated by Ross and is unlikely to have been made from a market cross.
Surveyed at 1:1250.
Visited by OS (JP) 17 June 1974
Field Visit (8 June 1927)
Sundial, Leven.
In 1889 workmen demolishing a wall in the town came upon some carved stones, which proved to be portions of a shaft, bearing dials. This was believed to be the shaft of the old town cross, which had been removed in 1767 and lost sight of. On this inference the feature was conjecturally restored as a whole and now stands within the grounds of the Greig Institute. Cf. Official Guide to Leven and Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., xxiv (1889-90), pp. 200-1.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 8 June 1927.
