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Field Visit

Date 16 August 2002

Event ID 612938

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612938

Stone inscribed panel with carved angel's head and wing on either side, with a swag of fruit and flowers between them running through lower corners of plaque.

Thomas Moodie left money in 1649 for building a church in the Grassmarket.

Inspected By : D.King

Inscriptions : On cartouche at bottom of coat of arms (gilded letters): T.M.

On plaque (gilded letters): IN 1688 KING JAMES VII / ORDAINED THAT THE MORTIFICATION / OF THOS. MOODIE GRANTED IN 1649 TO / BUILD A CHURCH SHOULD BE APPLIED / TO THE ERECTION OF THIS STRUCTURE

Signatures : None

Design period : 1688-1691

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0535)

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