Sundial Dated 1828, 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 Dated 1828, Bargaly

WRENN ID
ruined-corridor-furze
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
54.96855, -4.40305
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a free-standing sundial dated 1828, located in Bargaly. It is made of red sandstone and features a square pedestal that is divided into three stages by string courses, with a rosette on each face of the upper stage. The sundial has a chamfered table and a square moulded dial-stone with angled corners, resting on a concave base. The circular bronze dial is inscribed with "John Mackie, Bargaly 1828" and "A Adie, Edinburgh," and it has an open gnomon.

Local climate

Sundial Dated 1828, 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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