Location
Fraserburgh In front of the Old Parish Church in Saltoun Square at the Broad Gate side.
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 998 671
Date
18th cent and 1887
Description
There are two Fraser/Saltoun Mausoleums the old one which is situated adjacent to the Old Parish Church and a more recent ? one which stands by itself in the Kirkton cemetery. They are almost identical in Gothic style, with curious stepped pyramid roofs surmounted by obelisks topped with an egg shape. The older 18th cent one is harled and the more recent is in exposed dressed granite.
The Jubilee fountain has been moved from elsewhere in the square. It consists of a geometric carved granite base with 4 basins at 2 heights (presumably for dogs and people) surmounted by a blue painted cast iron Victorian extravaganza of a finial adorned with four heraldic beasties, (wyverns ?). It is sad that so many of our fountains no longer provide water or are even connected to a water supply.
Era
1700s
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Iconography
- mythical or heraldic beast
Photographer
- Stanley Bruce
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