Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the sundial on visit to the grounds of Glamis Castle in Angus Region. Scottish sundials of the renaissance period are not just more numerous than in any other country, they are also stylistically unique. This is particularly notable when the size and wealth of Scotland at the time are taken into account. They are free standing stone sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries with many small dials inscribed on them. Accurate time telling is clearly not the aim. Precision is sacrificed for decorative effective. Unlike the sundials of similar date on the continent where baroque decoration may be added, the mathematical complexity of the Scottish dials is decoration enough. Facet head dials includes a wide variety of types ranging from a simple cube to complex polyhedrals. The most dramatic of these is at Glamis Castle.
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