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Latitude: 56.6197 / 56°37'11"N
Longitude: -3.0015 / 3°0'5"W
OS Eastings: 338636
OS Northings: 747990
OS Grid: NO386479
Mapcode National: GBR VJ.QW69
Mapcode Global: WH7QJ.VWW3
Plus Code: 9C8RJX9X+V9
Entry Name: Sundial, Glamis Castle
Listing Name: Glamis Castle Policies, Sundial
Listing Date: 11 June 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344299
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11705
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Glamis Castle, Sundial
ID on this website: 200344299
Location: Glamis
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Parish: Glamis
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Sundial
Later 17th century (between 1671 and 1680). Monumental 21ft high, 4-stage, Baroque faceted sundial. 1st stage with 2-tier octagonal base giving way to reduced plinth with ropework moulding; 2nd stage with 4 rampant lions each holding dial in fore-paws, (S dial elliptic, N round, W rectangular, E square), and flanking barley twist columns; corniced canopy supported by top of 2nd stage and reducing to neck of 3rd stage with multi-faceted globe; 4th stage with carved scroll surmounted by Earl's coronet.
Property of Strathmore Estates (Holding) Ltd. Erected by the 3rd Earl at three degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian. A sundial at Fingask Castle, Rait, allegedly moved from Holyrood Palace, follows a similar form.
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