Survey Summary April 2025 – March 2026
August 16, 2026 (Sam Work)As many of you may be aware, the Scottish Stonemasons’ Marks Project has recently sent out a survey to our volunteers. The survey had a few specific objectives. We wanted …
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The Chisel’s Echo: From Surveying to Supervising
May 18, 2026 (Sam Work)My first interaction with the Scottish Stonemasons’ Marks Project (SSMP) was through complete chance. I saw an advert online and quickly became intrigued. Having attended the University of Edinburgh to study Ancient and Medieval History a …
Glasgow Cathedral – Chapter Houses
December 3, 2025 (Iain Ross Wallace)We have been exploring the walls of the Chapter Houses at Glasgow Cathedral. The team have completed elevation drawings of each wall, to explore the distribution pattern of masons’ marks. …
Crookston Castle, Glasgow, 24th and 25th May 2025
May 1, 2025 (Iain Ross Wallace)The project will be conducting a survey of Crookston Castle on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May, 2025. Crookston is the spritual home of the project, being the first building …
New Film
April 21, 2025 (Iain Ross Wallace)At last we can reveal what we have been working on recently. Thanks to support from Historic Scotland, Make Your Mark and Access To Industry, a film has been made …
Surveying at Glasgow Cathedral
February 16, 2025 (Iain Ross Wallace)As part of our ongoing research into the distribution of masons’ marks at Glasgow cathedral, we will be surveying on the following dates in April: Wednesdays – 2nd, 9th, 16th …
Dundonald Castle 17/18/19 May 2024
May 21, 2024 (Iain Ross Wallace)The project visited Dundonald Castle last weekend to record the surviving masons’ marks. In addition to the formal recording of marks by members of the local community, pupils from P5 …
Surveying at Glasgow Cathedral
July 11, 2023 (Iain Ross Wallace)Work is underway at Glasgow Cathedral to survey the Sacristy and identify the masons’ marks left by the skilled artisans who rebuilt this part of the cathedral after a fire …
Runic waistcoat
January 17, 2023 (Iain Ross Wallace)Look what I found. An Orkney knitted waistcoat with runes! A significant number of masons’ marks seem to have their origins in Runic symbols. Check out chapter 5. 2019WallaceMRes.pdf
