Detail of armorial panel above entrance to courtyard. Digital image of D 47360 CN.

Description Detail of armorial panel above entrance to courtyard. Digital image of D 47360 CN.

Date 24/2/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 757662

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 47360 CN

Scope and Content Armorial panel above entrance to courtyard, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows a carved stone panel showing the Drummond coat of arms. Two wildmen with clubs stand either side of a shield banded with wavy lines, which is surmounted by coronets (small crowns) and a helmet. The uppermost coronet has a 'talbot' on top (an heraldic hunting dog). The motto 'GANG WARILY' is inscribed on a ribbon below. The family motto 'gang warily' means 'go cautiously', and can be interpreted as either a warning to the family, or their enemies. Elements from the coat of arms were used in the formal garden design. The wavy bands from the shield and the coronets are also reproduced in the parterre, and the 'talbot' dog is found reproduced in statue form on the fountain. Drummond Castle was built c.1490, but the complex of buildings visible today consist of a gatehouse which was added in 1630-6 by architect John Mylne III (1611-67) and an L-plan mansion built for the 4th Earl of Perth in 1689. The mansion was extended in the 18th or early 19th century, and remodelled in the Baronial style into its present form by architect G T Ewing in 1878 and 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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