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Field Visit
Date March 1990
Event ID 1112168
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1112168
Scone Palace (1803-8), the residence of the Earls of Mansfield, is the latest in a series of houses on this site, and may also occupy the site of the earlier Bishops' Palace. Work on the first of these houses probably began in about 1581 when Scone was erected a temporal lordship for William, Lord Ruthven, but it is unclear how far work had progressed, or indeed if any of the earlier work was incorporated into the 17th-century house that was built for David Murray, Lord Scone. The 17th-century house comprised ranges on three sides of a courtyard, and fabric from this house is said to be incorporated in the present palace. A 17th-century dormer pediment is incorporated into the Stormont mausoleum (NO12NW 9.02), what may be another is at the foot of the mercat cross (NO12NW 9.05), and other architectural fragments from the abbey or palace are incorporated into stone-heaps at various points in the grounds (NO12NW 9.03). Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) March 1990. J D Urquhart 1883; R Pococke 1887; A H Millar 1890.
