Falkland, High Street, The Bruce Arms Inn, Architectural Fragments
Architectural Fragment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Falkland, High Street, The Bruce Arms Inn, Architectural Fragments
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 29770
Site Number NO20NE 14.01
NGR NO 2532 0740
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29770
- Council Fife
- Parish Falkland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO20NE 14.01 2532 0740.
Built into the modern front of The Bruce Arms are the following stones:- 1. A pediment whose inscription includes 1(ACOBUS) R(EX) 6.
2. A panel with the initials B.W. and the date 1607.
3. A panel with the initials M.S. and the arms of either Strachan or Strathallan.
RCAHMS 1933
Field Visit (11 May 1928)
Inscribed Stones, Falkland.
(1) STAG INN. A lintel above the doorway carries, in a sunk panel, the initials I.L. and E.F., a heart, and the date 1680.
(2) THE PALACE RESTAURANT. A square panel over the doorway is incised with the letters I.L. and K.T. and the date 1696, flanking a tradesman's mark under a label. The mark incorporates a pair of scales with a leaf attached to each pan.
(3) HOUSE IN CROSSWYND. A sunk panel in a door lintel contains in relief the inscription,16 G.B. M.H. 86.
(4) BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. Above the entrance a lintel, said to have been brought from Scone Palace, bears the incised inscription R.T. E.M., a star, and the date 1672.
(5) THE BRUCE ARMS. The following stones are built into the modern front of the hotel: (a) A pediment is inscribed: I(ACOBUS) R(EX) 6 / GOD. SAIF. YE. KIN /G . OF . GRIT . BRITAIN / FRANCE . AND . IRLAND / OVR . SOVERAN . FOR . OF / HIS . LIBERALITY . THIS. HO/VS. DID . I . EDIFY . (b) A panel encloses a shield suspended by a cord and surmounted by the initials B.W., with the date 1607. The shield apparently bears: A demi-otter issuing out of a bar wavy, on a chief a crescent between two mullets. (c) A second panel, built in beside (b), contains a label with the inscription CONTENTMENT IS GREAT RICHES, which encloses a shield, surmounted by the initials M.S. and bearing either a stag tripping, for Strachan, or a hart springing, for Strathallan.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 11 May 1928.
