Tomb (14th Century)
Site Name Dunfermline, St Margaret's Street, Dunfermline Abbey, Tomb Of Robert The Bruce
Classification Tomb (14th Century)
Canmore ID 338574
Site Number NT08NE 1.22
NGR NT 09008 87310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 171431
Top view of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing iron pin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171434
View of reverse of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing rebate
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2013
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DP 171442
View of base of corbel from the tombchest canopy (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171461
Side view of canopy cornice
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171469
Detail of lower surface of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171475
Lower edge of fragment of gablet from tombchest canopy (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171488
Fragment of capital from composite corner pillar of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171491
Lower surface of fragment of capital from composite corner pillar of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171503
Side view of fragment of arch from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171517
Unworked marble fragment (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171524
Reverse of fragment of gablet, bearing lower edge of arcading and part of roundel (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171535
Detail of section of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171540
Fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171541
Reverse of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171551
Section of fragment of marble sheet
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171556
Profile of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171557
Profile of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171564
View of upper face of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171565
Detail of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171573
Lower surface of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171440
View of reverse of corbel from the tombchest canopy, showing iron pin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171453
Detail of lower surface of finial and trefoil fragment, showing fracture (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171459
Reverse of canopy cornice
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171460
Reverse of canopy cornice (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171468
Reverse of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171470
Detail of lower surface of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171480
Apex of tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171487
Fragment of capital from composite corner pillar of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171492
Lower surface of fragment of capital from composite corner pillar of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171495
Fragment of arch from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171511
Reverse of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171512
Reverse of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171516
Detail of upper surface of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171519
Detail of upper surface of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171520
Detail of upper surface of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171532
Fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171544
Section of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171545
Section of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171547
Fragment of marble sheet
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171558
Profile of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171561
View of upper face of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171562
View of upper face of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171566
Detail of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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SC 848137
Engravings of the coffin and skeleton of Robert I, from 'Extracts from the Report made by Henry Jardine, Esquire, His Majesty's Remembrancer in Exchequer, relative to the Tomb of King Robert the Bruce, and the Church of Dunfermline', Archaeologia Scotica, vol. ii (1822), plate xiv.
General Collection
1822
© RCAHMS
DP 171428
Side view of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171435
View of reverse of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing rebate (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171438
Side view of corbel from the tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171439
Side view of corbel from the tombchest canopy (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171445
View of upper surface of corbel from the tombchest canopy, showing pin socket
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171449
Detail of reverse of fragment of finial and trefoil from tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171454
Detail of lower surface of finial and trefoil fragment, showing fracture
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171462
Side view of canopy cornice (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171476
Lower edge of fragment of gablet from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171477
Upper edge of fragment of gablet from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171479
Apex of tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171484
Edge of apex of tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171485
Edge of apex of tombchest arcade, showing remains of iron pin (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171506
Foliate carving or possible fleuron
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171522
Fragment of gablet, bearing lower edge of arcading, stump of a crocket, and part of roundel (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171523
Reverse of fragment of gablet, bearing lower edge of arcading and part of roundel.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171530
Detail of edge of fragment of gablet
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171539
Fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171543
Section of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171552
Section of fragment of marble sheet (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171555
Profile of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171560
Reverse of capital of colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171571
Upper surface of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171572
Upper surface of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171575
Section of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 188936
Composite image of marble fragments of the tomb of Robert I (Robert the Bruce), from the collections of the National Museums Scotland, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, and Dunfermline Museum.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/5/2014
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DP 203398
General view of digital reconstruction of the tomb of Robert the Bruce
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2014
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DP 171427
Detail of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171432
View from below of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing fracture
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171443
View of base of corbel from the tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171448
Detail of fragment of finial and trefoil from tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171450
Detail of reverse of fragment of finial and trefoil from tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171457
Cornice of canopy, showing lancet heads
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171465
Colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171471
Fragment of gablet from tombchest canopy, bearing crocket and edge of roundel
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171474
Reverse of fragment of gablet from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171483
Edge of apex of tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171498
Reverse of fragment of arch from tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171507
Reverse of foliate carving or possible fleuron
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171509
Colonette from tombchest arcade (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171521
Fragment of gablet, bearing lower edge of arcading, stump of a crocket, and part of roundel.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171527
Detail of edge of fragment of gablet
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171528
Detail of edge of fragment of gablet (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171529
Detail of edge of fragment of gablet (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171534
Reverse of fragment of cusped arch from tombchest arcade
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171548
Fragment of marble sheet (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171549
Fragment of marble sheet (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171569
Detail of fragment of composite pillar from corner of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171581
Layout of fragments on early version of reconstruction drawing of the tombchest canopy
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
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DP 171429
Side view of composite pillar from corner of tombchest
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171430
Top view of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing iron pin (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171433
View from below of composite pillar from corner of tombchest, showing fracture (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171446
View of upper surface of corbel from the tombchest canopy, showing pin socket (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171455
Detail of upper surface of finial and trefoil fragment, showing socket for iron pin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171486
Edge of apex of tombchest arcade, showing remains of iron pin
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 171494
Lower surface of fragment of capital from composite corner pillar of tombchest (with scale)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/1/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Online Gallery (1306 - 1329)
The year 2014 sees the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, in which the army of Robert I of Scotland defeated that of Edward II of England. The battle marked a major turning point in the long, drawn-out struggle of the Wars of Independence.
The Wars have had a lasting influence upon all the nations of the United Kingdom and upon the national story. Each age has seen fit to commemorate the events in its own way: through the perpetuation of the genuine historical associations of buildings and places and also through the endowment of others with improbable or fanciful traditions. Where past generations allowed its historic buildings to decay and disappear, later generations began to value and actively preserve these for their associations. Where an event lacked a tangible reminder, as at Kinghorn where Alexander III was killed in a riding accident, a commemorative monument would be erected to act as a focus. The Wars of Independence predate the fashion for accurate portraiture: the weathered, generic military effigy of Sir James Douglas is one of the few to survive in Scotland. Later centuries saw a need and supplied it by a crowd of images of its historic heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, each depicted according to contemporary taste and imagination. The opening of the new heritage centre at Bannockburn takes this into a new dimension, through the use of three-dimensional, digital technology.
RCAHMS Collections hold many images of these buildings and locations from battlefields, castles and churches, to the many commemorative monuments erected in later years. This gallery highlights a selection of these, including antiquarian sketches, photographic and drawn surveys, and architectural designs.