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Field Visit
Date 24 April 2002
Event ID 613632
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613632
Above the gate to the courtyard of Trinity House (Kirkgate), is a stone with a steep pediment carved in relief with a fouled anchor and the above inscription.
The stone is a fragment from the hospital built by the Fraternity of Masters and Mariners of Leith in 1555.
Inspected By : I. C. Grant
Inscriptions : Above inscription panel: 1570
On panel above anchor: They that goe down to the sea in shippes / That doe business in the great Waters / These see the works of the Lord / And his wonders in the deep / (Psalm 107 Verses 23 and 24)
Signatures : None
Design period : 1570. Inscription recut in 1883
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1030)
