Sundial, Bargaly is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. Sundial.

Sundial, Bargaly

WRENN ID
burning-tower-swift
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 December 1979
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NX 462 664
Coordinates
54.96912, -4.40298
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This late 17th century free-standing sundial is made of sandstone. It features a replacement square shaft and a square dial-stone with moulded re-entrant angles, resting on a reeded cushion capital. The carved dial is badly weathered and displays the initials "A", "H", "M", and "G" at the corners of the dial-stone. The iron gnomon is also in a badly weathered condition.

Local climate

Sundial, Bargaly sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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