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East Linton, The Square, Fountain
Fountain (19th Century)
Site Name East Linton, The Square, Fountain
Classification Fountain (19th Century)
Canmore ID 56266
Site Number NT57NE 63
NGR NT 59181 77224
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56266
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
Field Visit (30 November 2017)
This fountain, which stands in The Square of East Linton takes the form of a large cast iron basin with scalloped edges which stands on an ashalr pedestal and, in turn, supports a three-armed lamp standard. At the base of this there are four young child figures beneath a scalloped canopy, each holding a vase out of which water once flowed. A plaque attached to the N side of the pedestal records that the fountain was 'Presented to the Burgh of East Linton by John Drysdale Esq., Buenos Ayres. -1882-' Around the bottom edge of the plaque is the legend 'John Storie Esq., Chief Magistrate.'
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (JRS) 30 November 2017.
