What is recorded here

Stobhall Castle in Perth and Kinross keeps an octagonal garden where a sundial still reads the days. The castle has watched the land for centuries, but the small garden belongs to the present because it is the part people can still touch. The castle is grand, the garden is small, and the sundial turns that smallness into a measure of time.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stobhall Castle, Sundial in Octagonal Garden 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.

Stobhall Castle, including its sundial in the octagonal garden, was built by the Stewart family in the 16th century and later held by the Baillie family. The castle is remembered for its historical association with the Stewart lineage and its well-preserved sundial, which reflects the architectural and scientific interests of the period.

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