Field Visit
Date 21 March 2000
Event ID 612368
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612368
A square pedestal surmounted by a bronze mounting plate for an armillary sphere assembly (removed).
An armillary sphere is an ancient instrument consisting of an arrangement of rings, all of which are circles of the same sphere, used to show the relative positions of the celestial equator, ecliptic, and other circles on the celestial sphere.
Inscriptions : On the west face of the pedestal, applied bronze lettering, centred alignment:
HERMITAGE / OF / BRAID
On the south face of the pedestal, applied bronze lettering, justified alignment:
THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS / WERE GIFTED TO THE / CITY OF EDINBURGH BY / JOHN McDOUGAL ESQ. / AND OPENED ON 10TH JUNE / 1938 BY THE RT. HON. / SIR LOUIS S. GUMLEY / LORD PROVOST.
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0087)
