History of the family of Seton during eight centuries > Volume 1

568 ARMORIAL BEARINGS
Besides the sun-dial there are several heraldic and other sculptured stones
in a rustic arch at Woodhouselee, which also came from Wrychtishouse.
The 'Shepherd's Room,' already referred to, was usually occupied by
the author of the Gentle Shepherd during his frequent visits to Wood-
houselee ; and the rustic summer-house, known as ' Allan Ramsay's Seat,'
and erected in 1796, bears an inscription composed by Lord Woodhouselee.
The two memorial urns at the head of the ' beech avenue ' and in the ' yew
grove,' to the former of which reference has been already made, were
respectively erected by William Tytler and Lord Woodhouselee.
Although the house of Woodhouselee is about 750 feet above the level
of the sea, it is surrounded by some very fine timber. In the New
Statistical Account of Scotland, i. 313, under the parish of Glencorse, there
is an interesting notice of a silver fir, now showing signs of decay, which, in
1838, measured 13 feet 4 inches in circumference, at four feet above
the ground. Among other large trees at Woodhouselee is a noble
sycamore, in the corner of the garden, 1 5 feet in circumference ; a very
old laburnum, which is believed to have been one of the first planted in
Scotland ; and several fine variegated hollies.
Armorial Bearings.
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, gules, a lion's head erased argent, langued
azure, between three crescents or, within a bordure of the last, for Tytler ;
2nd, erminois on a fesse per fesse embattled gules and azure, three crescents
argent, for Craig of Dalnair ; 3rd, quarterly : 1st and 4th, aztire, a bend
engrailed between three frases argent, for Fraser ; 2nd and 3rd, gules, three
antique crowns, or, for Grant ; the whole within a bordure ermine.
Crest — the rays of the sun issuing from behind a cloud proper.
Motto — ' Occultus non extinctus.'
The Tytler coat was matriculated by William Tytler of Woodhouselee,
7th January 1768, and the quartered arms by James Tytler of Woodhouse-
lee (second son of Lord Woodhouselee), on the 2nd of March 1824.