Geograph - photograph every grid square

For the building, in context, see NS3974 : Dumbarton Rock: The Guard House.

The face shown in the present picture is not the better-known one that is shown in NS3974 : Dumbarton Rock: Carved face on Guard House, and which is often linked, by popular tradition, with the name of "the fause Mentieth"; that face is at the south-east corner, on the side of the house that faces down the stairs.

The one in the present picture is at the north-east corner (which is on the other side of the building, the side facing up the stairs), and is in a shaded and easy-to-miss location, one that is much less amenable to photography. I noticed the face because I already knew it was there (although, as is often the case, I do not know how), and was looking out for it.

As far as I know, there are no particular traditions associated with this carved face. In fact, I cannot find any mention of it in the official guidebooks to the castle, or in Dr MacPhail's book on the same subject (though these all mention the other carved face); nor had the staff member on duty heard of a second carved face on the building.