Ellon Castle, Walled Garden, Central Avenue, Sundial
Alternative Names Monument
Site type SUNDIAL
Canmore ID 122235
Site Number NJ93SE 29.06
NGR NJ 96000 30669
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish ELLON
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District GORDON
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE
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Sundial, c.1700-15, marked original centre of garden, standing on a podium of three moulded steps and supported on a sculptured square shaft, a fine facet-headed dial with hollows on all 24 faces, topped by a ball finial.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
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| Books and References |
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, 5v Edinburgh
Page(s): vol v p.445 Held at RCAHMS F.5.21.MAC
Shepherd, I A G (2006) Aberdeenshire, Donside and Strathbogie: an illustrated architectural guide, in Charles McKean [Edinburgh]
Page(s): 193 Held at RCAHMS Quick
Shepherd, I [A G] (1994a) Gordon: an illustrated architectural guide, [Edinburgh]
Page(s): 193 Held at RCAHMS D.5.GOR


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