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Publication Account
Date 1933
Event ID 1099329
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1099329
Carved Stones, Chapel Gardens, Wemyss Castle.
Of a chapel in the gardens, no trace remains, but on the eastern side of a burial-enclosure there is a small pointed arch-way which has the appearance of having been formed from older masonry. Above the archway is a pediment inscribed E.D.W. 1776, representing David, Lord Elcho, sixth Earl of Wemyss. The burial-enclosure is modern, but the front wall contains certain details of antiquarian interest placed there for preservation. On the south-west pier is a 17th-century sundial of lectern type. On each side of the entrance is a sculptured panel, evidently parts of are table. The eastern one, measuring 3 feet 4 ½ inches by 2 feet 7 ½ inches, represents The Circumcision, and the western one, measuring 3 feet 4 ½ inches by 2 feet 8 inches, The Flight into Egypt. These panels are fully described in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., lxii (1927-8), pp. 217-18.
RCAHMS 1933
