Smollett Fountain: detail
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Smollett Fountain: detail
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 17 May 2013
See Image for the whole structure, and Image for further information, and for links to other contributors' images. Click on the end-note title for further architectural details. The present photograph shows one of several depictions on the fountain of the Smollett family crest. The details on the shield are a bugle horn and a lion rampant holding a banner. On top is a stump sprouting fresh growth, in line with the Latin motto "Viresco" that can be seen below the shield; the full motto is "adhuc viresco" meaning "I yet grow green", in the sense "I continue to put forth fresh growth" or "I still flourish". A far more worn example can be seen 2 kilometres away, on the south lodge of Cameron house: Image The lodge also features a larger version of the tree stump: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.98777
Longitude
-4.582153