Location
St. Mary's car park, Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 688 639
Date
1990
Description
Commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council, with funding from Mobil? A stone sculpture in the form of a polygonal pillar with a capitol based on a 6 pointed star. Carved in relief with symbols, fish, shells, whales, ships, Pegasus and a mermaid included and inscriptions. It is inscribed with the motto "touch not the cat but a glove", this is the motto of several clan names: Chattan, MacIntosh, Gow, MacPherson, MacGillivray and etc. In this case I presume it is a reference to the outlaw MacPherson.
Related Information
The oldest photograph was taken in 2001 since then the setting of trees around the sculpture have grown considerably as can be seen in the more recent photographs.
Era
1900s
Categories
Iconography
- animals in general
- fish
- mermaid
- moon
- mythical or heraldic beast
- scallop shell
- ship
- star
- whale
Creator
- Francis Pelly, Orkney, Artist
Photographer
- Dianne Sutherland
Unavailable Data
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