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I saw this dial on my first day out purposefully seeing dials. It was no small feat - planning the trip, maintaining the secrecy of what I was up to, waiting for that sunny weekend day and finally the execution of the plan. In the end it all went well.

Bus from Edinburgh, a look at the Musselburgh tolbooth, sneaking into Pinkie House to see the obelisk dial, seeing the two wall dials on Inveresk Church, down to Inveresk Lodge and finally the march across country to see the dial at Carberry. What a day. I was even back in my flat by mid-afternoon - utterly exhausted.

Unfortunately I was using a 35mm SLR at the time and have not scanned the images yet so I will have to rely on trusty Thomas Ross' images.

Inveresk Lodge is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and so was a safe bet. I had already contacted them to make sure that it was there and that I could get in so all would be well. It was and it was well worth it. A beautiful and manicured garden in full bloom carefully designed to show off the magnificence of the outstanding dial. Thankfully the National Trust look after their dials well and this one was in a very good state of repair. However, the lines had been repainted black which slightly over-emphasised them.

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	Fife - NS 231097 - Gatty 142, 154 - Ross 428 A 'star-desk with polar hemi-cylinder' is Somerville's description. It is dated 1644 and bears the initials and arms of Sir Henry Wardlaw. Being dated 1644 makes it second (in age of lectern dials in Scotland) only to Dundas Castle. This dial was formerly at Pitreavie, Fife and there is a copy at Fordell, Fife. The detail of the four balls supporting the pedestal is very similar to the dial at Aberdour Castle which is just four miles from Pitreavie. Visited 4 September 1985 - A. R. Somerville Visited 05 October 2002 - Author


	I saw this dial on my first day out purposefully seeing dials. It was no small feat - planning the trip, maintaining the secrecy of what I was up to, waiting for that sunny weekend day and finally the execution of the plan. In the end it all went well. Bus from Edinburgh, a look at the Musselburgh tolbooth, sneaking into Pinkie House to see the obelisk dial, seeing the two wall dials on Inveresk Church, down to Inveresk Lodge and finally the march across country to see the dial at Carberry. What a day. I was even back in my flat by mid-afternoon - utterly exhausted. Unfortunately I was using a 35mm SLR at the time and have not scanned the images yet so I will have to rely on trusty Thomas Ross' images. Inveresk Lodge is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and so was a safe bet. I had already contacted them to make sure that it was there and that I could get in so all would be well. It was and it was well worth it. A beautiful and manicured garden in full bloom carefully designed to show off the magnificence of the outstanding dial. Thankfully the National Trust look after their dials well and this one was in a very good state of repair. However, the lines had been repainted black which slightly over-emphasised them.