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Dial of the Month - June 2010

SRN 1506 Dumfries House -sketch SRN 1506 Dumfries House (sketch)
SRN 1506 (Dumfries House, Cumnock, Ayrshire)

Many of the Scottish dials recorded by Andrew Somerville are listed in the Register with no illustration, a situation that is slowly improving as members begin to explore the region.  This interesting example also awaits a photo, but we have these sketches from the current curator, Charlotte Rostek.  Somerville's description reads: '8-pointed star ie 4 hemi-cylinders with acute angles between them; mounted on a sloping block which has no dials on it.  Upper surface of star has an equatorial dial with noon lines for four cities.  Uppermost hemi-cylinder (ie S-facing) has a polar dial.'  The sketches confirm this, but more detail from a personal visit would be welcome.