Falkland, High Street, Stag Inn
Inn (17th Century), Public House (17th Century)
Site Name Falkland, High Street, Stag Inn
Classification Inn (17th Century), Public House (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mill Wynd
Canmore ID 29767
Site Number NO20NE 11
NGR NO 25205 07377
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29767
- Council Fife
- Parish Falkland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO20NE 11 25205 07377
A lintel above the doorway of the Stag Inn carries in a sunk panel, the initials I.L. and E.F., a heart and the date 1680.
RCAHMS 1933.
Field Visit (11 May 1928)
Inscribed Stones, Falkland.
(1) STAG INN. A lintel above the doorway carries, in a sunk panel, the initials I.L. and E.F., a heart, and the date 1680.
(2) THE PALACE RESTAURANT. A square panel over the doorway is incised with the letters I.L. and K.T. and the date 1696, flanking a tradesman's mark under a label. The mark incorporates a pair of scales with a leaf attached to each pan.
(3) HOUSE IN CROSSWYND. A sunk panel in a door lintel contains in relief the inscription,16 G.B. M.H. 86.
(4) BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. Above the entrance a lintel, said to have been brought from Scone Palace, bears the incised inscription R.T. E.M., a star, and the date 1672.
(5) THE BRUCE ARMS. The following stones are built into the modern front of the hotel: (a) A pediment is inscribed: I(ACOBUS) R(EX) 6 / GOD. SAIF. YE. KIN /G . OF . GRIT . BRITAIN / FRANCE . AND . IRLAND / OVR . SOVERAN . FOR . OF / HIS . LIBERALITY . THIS. HO/VS. DID . I . EDIFY . (b) A panel encloses a shield suspended by a cord and surmounted by the initials B.W., with the date 1607. The shield apparently bears: A demi-otter issuing out of a bar wavy, on a chief a crescent between two mullets. (c) A second panel, built in beside (b), contains a label with the inscription CONTENTMENT IS GREAT RICHES, which encloses a shield, surmounted by the initials M.S. and bearing either a stag tripping, for Strachan, or a hart springing, for Strathallan.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 11 May 1928.
Photographic Survey (July 1962)
Photographic survey of buildings in Falkland, Fife by the Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1962.
