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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOUNTAIN & DIAL 1625 (DISUSED) | Dial Fountain Fountain & Dial Fountain & Dial |
Life on Land & Water at Queensferry by W.W. Fyfe Charles Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle James Mar Dundas Mains |
006 | [Situation] About 90 links north of Dundas Castle. A Stone fountain of the most exquisite workmanship decorated all round with Sculptured devices and inscription. The following account and description of this object from W.W. Fyfe's, Life on Land & Water at South Queensferry "Sir Walter Dundas had accumulated in 1623 a sum which have sufficed for the purchase of the superb property of Barnbougle. It passed however at that time into the hands of the Earl of Haddington and Sir Walter immediately expended the money in the construction of a fountain of the most remarkable structure and elegance of design which still graces the lawn in rear of the mansion. It is built of finely Carved stones now Slightly Covered with small ferns and lichens but not one disjointed or displaced and its compartments are sculptured round and round with a Latin inscription. The dialling by which this fountain is surmounted we immediately recognised as identical with the lost art so profusely exhibitted in the works of the monks as preserved in the superbly carved dials of Colonel Belshes' grounds at Invermay where hearts hemisphereses or any other hallow figures are made to indicate the Solar hours exactly as on a common disk" |
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[Note] -- Mr Dundas in not at home at present; his brother
Charles Dundas Esq. says that Fountain & Dial is the correct designation,
It has no local name. It is sometimes called "Dundas Font"
and "The Dial", He recommends, "Fountain and Dial",
as the proper designation. It is a Fountain
surmounted by a sundial both are now disused. -- (Signed) M. Duggan C. Asst [Civilian Assistant]
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