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Field Visit
Date 23 May 1928
Event ID 1099330
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1099330
Armorial Panel from Macduff's Castle.
Inserted in the masonry above the western archway of the stable buildings [NT39NW 14.3] at Wemyss Castle is an armorial panel of particular interest from the circumstances attending its discovery. Some years ago when steps were being taken for the conservation of the southern tower of Macduff's Castle [NT39NW 4], the workmen came upon the panel laid face downward in sand beneath the foundation, and an eyewitness relates that the tinctures were then particularly brilliant. But, while the carving is still sharp and well defined, the tinctures have almost entirely disappeared. The shield, supported on the dexter side by a Hercules, and on the sinister by a unicorn gorged, bears: Quarterly, 1st and 4th (argent), a cross moline (sable), for Colville, 2nd and 3rd (gules), a fess cheeky (argent and azure), for Lindsay, the whole being probably for Sir James Colville, who acquired the lands of East Wemyss in 1530. The label beneath the shield does not appear to be inscribed.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 23 May 1928.
