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Field Visit
Date 21 August 2001
Event ID 613508
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613508
Square panel with high relief carving of a crown above a diamond carved with a lion rampant (left) and a cross and four birds (right). Below this is the banner and inscription panel.
The panel is all that remains of a fountain erected by the officers of the 93rd Highlanders in 1873. Immediately in front of the sandstone panel a fountain was built, communicating with the ancient well in the interior of the Wellhouse Tower. The fountain was designed by James Drummond, and was of polished grey granite, with a sandstone pedestal and a small ornamental jet. It was about 5 feet high. 'The design [was] somewhat in the form of an urn, surmounted by a Scotch thistle in cast metal, with nozzles for two jets of water, which [was] supplied by a pump-handle.' (1)
Inspected By : T. S.
Inscriptions : On carved banner below heraldic device:
SAINT MARGARET'S WELL
Below banner, in rectangular panel:
THE FOUNTAIN OF THE ANCIENT WELLHOUSE TOWER / CELEBRATED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CASTLE / SINCE THE TIME / OF SAINT MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLAND / IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
RESTORED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS A.D.1873
Signatures : None
Design period : Originally 11th century; restored 1873
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0965)
