The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fi(i. 1440.—Myres tlistk. View from South-East. probably modern. The south-west tower is brought out to the square onthe upper floor, and is the only portion of the castle not harled. It isbuilt of good freestone ashlar, and contains a small room on the top story,marked on the Plan as the Watch Tower, which is reached by theturret stair, seen in the View from the North-West (Fig. 1441). FOUKTH PERIOD 332 MYRES CASTLE On the south front of the parapet, enclosed in circuhxr wreatlis, are,first, th
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . Fi(i. 1440.—Myres tlistk. View from South-East. probably modern. The south-west tower is brought out to the square onthe upper floor, and is the only portion of the castle not harled. It isbuilt of good freestone ashlar, and contains a small room on the top story,marked on the Plan as the Watch Tower, which is reached by theturret stair, seen in the View from the North-West (Fig. 1441). FOUKTH PERIOD 332 MYRES CASTLE On the south front of the parapet, enclosed in circuhxr wreatlis, are,first, the Paterson arms —three pelicans in base, and as many mullets inchief, with the initials S. P., of the owner, and those of his wife, E. M. ;and second, the initials of the latter, with her arms, three garbs withina bordure; while on the west parapet there is a monogram, now almostindecipherable, with the date Fig. 1441. —Myros (Jastle. View from Nurtli-West. In 1628 John Paterson was served heir to his father, Michael Patersonof the Myris, in the lands of the Myris, Over and Nether, and also in theoffice of claviger (key-bearer or macer) and serjeand-of-arms, with thesum of <£10, 10s., as well as in the feu-fermes of the said lands assignedas the fee of said office.* This office of claviger is attached to the lands, and has been held by* Fife Retours, No. 397. MYRTON CASTLE 333 — FOURTH PERIOD the representatives of the various families who at different times havepossessed Myres down to the present time. It has now resolved itselfinto the patronage of one of the four macers of the Court of Laing * suggests that this oificial was originally connected with theneighbouring palace of Falkland. However this may be, in 1484 JohnScrimgeour, second son of the Constable of Dundee, had a charter tothe office of claviger, with the lands of the Myres of Auchtermuchty;and in 1531 Jo
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