Field Visit
Date 16 October 2002
Event ID 613230
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Rectangular panel (portrait format) set into wall. The panel is decorated with the arms of James V in high relief: a unicorn, holding the saltire (over the centre of which is a crown). In front of the unicorn is an escutcheon bearing a lion rampant. To either side and below are thistles.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : At bottom of panel (in painted gold raised letters): I R 5
On metal plaque below panel (in incised letters): THIS HERALDIC PANEL WAS ORIGINALLY OVER THE ENTRANCE / OF THE GATEHOUSE WHICH STOOD HERE. IT BEARS THE / ROYAL ARMS AND IR5 FOR KING JAMES THE FIFTH
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0720)