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| PALACE (Remains of) | 035 | Description of the Palace continued [from Page 63 a high projecting oriel window a large piece of sculpture termes the annunciation, And the Arms of the Dury family is cut on the same stone representing the annunciation, but a little below it, and underneath the whole is the date 1100 in Arabic numerals, Mr Chalmers in his history of Dunfermline states that "the date 1100 has given much trouble to antiquaries." "The question is, whether this date was engraven at the time specified, and whether it be meant to indicate the period when the Palace was was built". "From various considerations" "My own oppinion is. that the stone in its present state could not have been sculptured at that period" As to the time of its execution my conjecture is, that it was at the close of the reign of James V. and the commencement of the abbotship of George Dury. probably between 1539 and 1541 and perhaps contemporaneous with the execution of the coat of arms just noticed," "The date 1100 too, may have been put upon it as the then reputed age of the older part of the Palace, which in that case would be built by King Edgar, son of Malcolm III, whose reign was rather peaceful," "This oppinion of the antiquity of this part of the edifice, as well as of the addition made to it by James IV. was expressed also by the heritors of the parish and Magistrates and council of the town, in a memorial presented in 1836 to the commissioners of Woods and Forrests" "But no ancient and authoritative historical or other document is Known to exist fixing the age of the Palace, it must still it is to be feared remain in some obscurity." -- Hist [History] of Dunfermline by the Rev. [Reverend] P. Chalmers Page 91 |
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