Skirling, Loanfoot
Carved Stone (Period Unknown), House (19th Century)
Site Name Skirling, Loanfoot
Classification Carved Stone (Period Unknown), House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Piper's House
Canmore ID 206305
Site Number NT03NE 96
NGR NT 07655 39089
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/206305
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Skirling
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT03NE 96 076 390
At the E end of the S wall of the farmhouse, which, in its present form dates from 1816, there is a carved stone figure of a man playing the bagpipes. The figure stands upon a corbelbearing the incised date1810 and measures 1ft. 8 in. in height; it is supposed to have come from Skirling Castle (NT03NE 10).
RCAHMS 1967
