Sundial, Fingask Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Sundial.

Sundial, Fingask Castle

WRENN ID
ancient-stone-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NO 228 274
Coordinates
56.43283, -3.25291
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The sundial at Fingask Castle, possibly dating from the 17th century, is an interesting early example of a two-stage truncated polyhedral Baroque design. The first stage features a faceted single-tier square base that transitions into a squat bulbous pedestal. The second stage consists of a complex multi-faceted globe with vertical and facet dials, although all faces have eroded over time.

Local climate

Sundial, Fingask Castle receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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