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Drawing showing masons' marks from the Bishops' House at Elgin and Spynie Castle.

DP 238888

Description Drawing showing masons' marks from the Bishops' House at Elgin and Spynie Castle.

Date c. 1857 to 1861

Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 238888

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 53763/10

Scope and Content Undated ink drawing annotated 'Elgin upon various parts of the Bishops' house at Elgin, which bears the date of 1557, the Hepburn arms, & Sacred monogram, etc'. 'Spynie Castle or Palace of the Bishops of Moray. These marks are from "Davie's Tower' & are frequently repeated: The tower is believed to have been built by , or so(unclear)d from, David Stewart, who was Bishop of Moray, 1461-1475.-'

Accession Number 1975/12

External Reference SAS 194

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1532245

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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