Sundial, Ballindalloch is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. Sundial.
Sundial, Ballindalloch
- WRENN ID
- buried-barrel-hyssop
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 September 1973
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NS 540 884
- Coordinates
- 56.06667, -4.34629
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The sundial at Ballindalloch, likely from the later 17th century, is an obelisk-style structure made of sandstone ashlar. It features a square-plan shaft topped with a polyhedron head and a tall obelisk finial, reaching approximately 2.5 meters in height. The base consists of two square-plan steps topped by a circular-plan step. The shaft is intricately carved to resemble four false courses, with various incised motifs on each side of each 'course', except for the north side, which has only one motif on the third 'course'. The motifs include circles, hearts, and diagonal lines, either separately or in combination. The eight-sided polyhedron has recessed arrises and a horizontal band that is incised on the outer planes and projects at the recesses. The obelisk finial is also carved into seven false courses, although the top one is damaged. The gnomons for both the polyhedron and the obelisk finial are missing.
Local climate
Sundial, Ballindalloch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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