Sundial 11 Time flies?

One of the most attractive roads leading from Edinburgh’s city centre is that which crosses the Dean Bridge.  On the corner at the top of Bell’s Brae is the six storeyed Kirkbrae House although only two storeys are visible beside the bridge above the steep Water of Leith gorge.  The house was built in a baronial style in 1892 but it incorporates an old inn which was built for the nearby bakers in the 17th century and has some interesting old features.

Two are these sundials.   You can see a single face just visible to the left of the larger one which has three faces, two of which are obvious with their gnomons but I include the photo with the other face because below the star (see in large) there is a fly.   Perhaps these sundials have seen time fly by as Edinburgh’s boundaries extended to include, not only the nearby milling Dean Village, but also beyond the Dean Bridge to the new streets and roads stretching northwest.  I am not sure how old these sundials are but nearby there is a square plaque dated 1619 and the old inn must have been built almost 400 years ago.