Description

Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority

Dated 1710. Sandstone ashlar columnar sundial with horizontal copper dial. Moulded base to column; moulded capital at apex; surmounted by corniced square-plan dial base. Octagonal dial inscribed 'Guhellmus Govane de Drumquhassle fecit' ('made by William Govane of Drumquhassle') and 'W.G. 1710' and 'K.E. 1710'. Much astrological information also given. Decorative pointer inscribed with 3 lines of Latin verse on each side.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Park of Drumquhassle and Dovecot to N of house. A fine intact early 18th century columnar sundial. The dial is fairly lavishly inscribed. The initials 'W.G.' would appear to refer to William Govane and 'K.E.' to his wife, Katherine Edmonstone (they also constructed the dovecot in the following year). The lines of Latin verse along the pointer read as follows: 'Vita brevis, velut umbra levis, sic annichilatur/Hora fluit, nec morari potest/... Memor ...sibi(?) cura(?)./ Nam vadit subitoque cadit, dum stare putatur/Tempus ruit nec revocari potest/(Ex) hoc momento.. aeternita(s)' (Stevenson). There appears to have been a substantial residence on the site since at least the mid-later 16th century, when 'Drumquhassle Castle' was cited as the 'principal messuage' of the newly created barony of Drumquhassle. The house was rebuilt in 1839 by Robert Govane. The estate belonged to the Govanes for over 200 years from about the late 17th century until the 1910's when it was purchased by the family of the present (1999) occupant.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17836794

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