Edinburgh, Back Dean, Sundial
Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Back Dean, Sundial
Classification Sundial (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 302199
Site Number NT27SW 4678
NGR NT 23596 73994
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302199
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (20 August 2002)
Wedge shaped concrete paving slabs with a triangular arrowhead at the south end. The whole forms a sundial; a raised central feature under trees.
Jake Miller produced a rough sketch. The sundial was then made by Roddy Crowther, landscape architect.
Inspected By : Joan M Kennedy
Inscriptions : On arrowhead: MM
On ground: XI XII I
Signatures : None
Design period : Summer 1999
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0429)