What is recorded here
Lochinch Castle is a ruined castle in Galloway, not a sundial. The castle is listed as a sundial because a sundial once stood in its grounds. The castle has been ruined since the 1700s. It still stands beside the water, with rooms open to the sky and a courtyard that keeps the shape of a house nobody lives in now.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lochinch Castle as Sundial (18th Century). 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.
Lochinch Castle, located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, was originally a 13th-century fortress held by the Douglas family, later becoming associated with the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton. It is remembered for its strategic role in Scottish history and its romanticized ruin, which inspired Sir Walter Scott's novel *Kenilworth*.
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