Hawthornden Castle, Drinking Fountainhead
Fountain (17th Century)
Site Name Hawthornden Castle, Drinking Fountainhead
Classification Fountain (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hawthornden Castle Policies
Canmore ID 242876
Site Number NT26SE 13.03
NGR NT 28650 63665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/242876
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
Field Visit (16 June 1920)
On the lawn, east of the tower, is a 17th-century pier which encloses a standpipe, apparently for a fountain. The pier to front and back has a pediment with pyramidal finials, one bearing the initial D. for Drummond. A shield in one tympanum bears a swan surmounting three wavy bars (? Representing water); on a label above is the motto [UR]BI CANIT ET ORBI (‘her song is heard at home and abroad’). Neither charge nor motto can be traced; the design is probably mere ornament. It is repeated with a single wavy bar in a circular panel on a stone built against the back. The rear pediment bears three bars wavy.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 16 June 1920.