Repaired by Both Ships 1761, And again in 1771 (presumabley shoddy workmanship (no pun intended) the first time round).
Click on the photo to see the full picture!
Answers on a SAE sent to me c.o. chdot! ;O)
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Can you tel where it is yet?? ;O)
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Posted 8 years ago #
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Repaired Be Both Sheires 1687
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Can we send a postcard from Cramond instead?
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Which bit?
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The original Brig?
Although I don't recognise the bee in the second picture.
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:O)
click on the picture, It actually says
"Repaired Be Both Sheires 1687"
As I wrote above the picture ;O)
Well Done A!! :O)
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Would I be considered a cheat if I suggested it was the trees rather than the inscription which I recognised?
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You really have to know the inscriptions are there to spot them as they are easy to miss at a quick glance.
Does anyone know what the two ships which are referred to are?
P.S. The bee I was referring to was the one on top of the wall.
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Dunno
It was a nice day, and has been a nice week, with little wind. I have never seen that lettering before which is why I took their photographs.
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Ahh, the penny just dropped. It used to be the border to West Lothian and the inscription is shires not ships. So the two "ships" presumably are Edinburgh and West Lothian or their 17th century predecessors.
I guess a lot of people haven't seen the lettering, the parapets are low and the views in both directions draw your eyes over them.
The week hasn't been entirely without wind, Wednesday's North Easterly helped me shave a minute off my previous fastest commute home.
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