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Culzean Castle, Walled Garden, Sundial

Sundial (period Unassigned)
Culzean Castle, Walled Garden, Sundial
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Culzean Castle, Walled Garden, Sundial stands in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The walled garden holds a sundial that marks passing hours with shadow and stone. People may have walked past it in quiet admiration, reading time beneath open sky. The castle and garden still belong to memory as much as to history.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Culzean Castle, Walled Garden, Sundial as Sundial (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Culzean Castle, including its walled garden and sundial, was built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by the Kennedy family, who held the estate for centuries. The castle and its features are important as a fine example of Scottish neoclassical architecture and as a symbol of the region's historical and cultural heritage.

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Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0