A new discovery on an island at the Abbey of Firth of Forth, the Augustinian Canons, the measurement of time was once a mass dial.

Inchcolm protectors of the nature of the island have found the remains of an individual solar believe were carved into a wall.

So far, secrecy surrounding the method over time, to say.

While renowned in England, the UK Solar said, there was relatively little to choose, in Scotland.

Historians believe that the Augustinian Canons lived in a strict routine, which is essential in the Community have the right at the right time.

The dial on Inchcolm, the broken in two, was set up by Historic Scotland Collections Clerk Hugh Morrison and medieval stone expert Markus Maria.

They were the preparations for a project to catalog and examine a collection of over 50 pieces of stone are cut to the medieval abbey, but never under consideration.