Angus HER - NO34NE0106 - GLAMIS CASTLE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO34NE0106
Name	GLAMIS CASTLE
NMRS Card No.	NO34NE1
NMRS Numlink	195201
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Sundial, built between 1671 and 1680, located in the designed landscape (NO34NE0088) of Glamis Castle (NO34NE0001). A monumental 21ft high, 4-stage, Baroque facetted sundial. The first stage has a 2-tier octagonal base giving way to a reduced plinth with ropework moulding. The second stage has four rampant lions each holding a dial in their fore-paws, the south dial is elliptic, the north dial round, the west dial rectangular, the east dial square, with flanking barley twist columns. A corniced canopy, supported by the top of the second stage and reducing to the neck of the third stage with a multi-faceted globe. The fourth stage has carved scrolls surmounted by the Earl's coronet. The sundial was erected by the 3rd Earl at three degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian.
Last Update	14/06/2019

National Grid Reference: NO 3863 4799

Easting: 323540, Northing: 757300

Compiler	JN
Date of Compilation	15/03/2018

Event Details

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
SCULPTURES			B	100
SUNDIALS		FACETTED	A	100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category A

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Glamis
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, regularly visited by public, easy access.
Altitude	55
Geology
Topography	Flat
Aspect 1	NW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Parkland
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Hydrology

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Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	B	100
17th Century	A	100		1904

Period Notes

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Built later 17th century, between 1671 and 1680. Listed 11/06/1971

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