The
aim of this website is to generate interest in and provide information
on Scottish sundials by making the information as accessible as possible.
It is, and will probably always be, a work in progress.
contact@scottishsundials.co.uk
It
has been pointed out that I have not said who I am despite writing
personal tales of trips to dials and the events along the way. I wanted
this website to focus on the dials rather than myself but this impersonality
puts some people off e-mailling - who would you address it to?
Hence - I am an assistant architect, formerly based in Glasgow and
Edinburgh but recently moved to London. For someone with an interest
in sundials I am shockingly young - which is both a help and a hindrance.
I
became interested in dialling when trying to make a simple dial with
a pencil as a gnomon. It failed dramatically. That was irritating
and so I tried to find out, over several years, why. Then the internet
blossomed and I was swamped by information. However, I became interested
in the dials of Scotland thanks to a copy of The Castellatted and
Domestic Architecture of Scotland by MacGibbon and Ross while luxuriating
in King's Manor architectural library. I was appalled that I couldn't
find any information about these dials on the internet. It was dreadful
to think of them neglected and so I started trying to learn more.
I still am.
My
favourite dial would have to be Lennoxlove.
It's simply such fun. I love the structural ponytails.