Dial in Highland Region

The dial rests on a square stone pillar (1.5 ft high), standing on a slightly wider pillar (3 ft high), each with chamfered corners. There is an inscription on the lower section. It s a small facetted block with north-sloping top with equatorial dial (no star); south-facing polar hemi-cylinder, other surfaces flat or with large bowl hollow (east) with bar gnomon and various-shaped hollows on west; dials on all available surfaces including north and south verticals. Numerals and lines in excellent condition; surmounted by a (later) tall metal rod bearing a wind-vane. The dial was well restored recently to 1989, with lines and numerals visible and painted gold, and all metal gnomons present. Ref: A R Somerville, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117, 1987, "The Ancient Sundials of Scotland", p83.