Sundial, Glamis Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Sundial.
Sundial, Glamis Castle
- WRENN ID
- low-chimney-root
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NO 386 479
- Coordinates
- 56.61972, -3.00157
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial at Glamis Castle, dating from the later 17th century (between 1671 and 1680), is a monumental Baroque structure standing 21 feet high and featuring four stages. The first stage has a two-tier octagonal base that transitions to a reduced plinth adorned with ropework moulding. The second stage showcases four rampant lions, each holding a dial in their fore-paws, with the dials shaped elliptically on the south side, round on the north, rectangular on the west, and square on the east. These lions are flanked by barley twist columns. Above this, a corniced canopy is supported by the top of the second stage and narrows to the neck of the third stage, which features a multi-faceted globe. The fourth stage is topped with a carved scroll and an Earl's coronet.
Local climate
Sundial, Glamis Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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