What is recorded here

Lauriston Castle keeps a 1684 sundial on Cramond Road South, marking time with shadow instead of gears. The stone still stands where light falls across Edinburgh, inviting people to watch the sun move rather than check a clock.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Cramond Road South, Lauriston Castle, Sundial as Sundial (17th Century) (1684). 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.

Lauriston Castle, associated with the sundial on Cramond Road South in Edinburgh, was built in the 17th century, with the sundial specifically dated to 1684. It is remembered as part of the historic estate of the Seton family, an influential Scottish noble family, and as a rare surviving example of a domestic sundial from this period.

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