The Provost of Ceres

Situated in a niche on a building opposite the Ceres Inn in the village of Ceres, Fife, Scotland, is the statue known as “The Provost of Ceres”. It represents the Rev Thomas Buchanan, a man of learning and a nephew of George Buchanan, the famous historian. He was minister of the village Kirk and the last Provost of Ceres. The statue was originally sited in the wall of the old Manse until a new owner of the Manse sold it to a man in Cupar in 1933. Such was the indignation caused by the loss of the figure to the village that the people of Ceres insisted he be brought back as soon as possible. Sufficient funds were raised by the villagers to buy the figure back and erect it in its present position. He was officially unveiled at l pm on the Saturday of the Ceres Games in June 1939. The base scene originally from a fireplace is held to be 'picturing the turning point of THE BATTLE OF BANNOCHBURN, Duncan breaking cover with his horsemen, sending the Sassenachs out drowning in the marshes'. Canmore ID 97951