Troquhain Sundial is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Sundial.
Troquhain Sundial
- WRENN ID
- nether-window-ivory
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NX 681 794
- Coordinates
- 55.09155, -4.06806
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Troquhain Sundial is a sundial dated 1616, with its pedestal dated 1855. It features an early and finely detailed freestone facet-headed design, shaped like a cube with sculptured masks positioned at angles. Each face has a metal gnomon, possibly made of iron. The sundial is supported by a red sandstone baluster pedestal from 1855, which bears the initials GM. EHM. and the inscription "HORAS NON NUMERO NISI SERENUS."
Local climate
Troquhain Sundial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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