(p55) KINNETTLES NO
422466
The old stones are set up against the kirkyard
wall.
(1) is a broad slab with semi-hexagonal
head, 73" by 42". The m.i. is in 3" r.c.
(
) CARNAGIE SOMETIME SPOVS TO DAVID FOVLER /OF LITILMIL VHO DEPA/(RTED.)THE.29.AVGVST.1661.
AND.OF AGE.( ) On
the body of the slab are three bold features, all in relief - a
skull over an hourglass between two sets of crossbones, all framed
in a ribbon; next two escutcheons side by side, the dexter
effaced, the sinister charged with an eagle displayed, for
Carnegie; thirdly a monogram on a square panel, apparently DFMC.
The slab is rather worn.
|
(2) is a broad slab, 67" by 40", nearly
two-thirds of which has flaked off. Within a 3" moulding are
the remains of a m.i. in 2¼" r.c. between raised lines:
(
) D.ISOBEL.GWILD./SVMTIME.SPOWS./TO.ALLEXANDE( )
On the body remain parts of two escutcheons side by side, the dexter
showing a fess bearing a saltire cross, in (p56)
base an undy, and possibly mullets in chief; the sinister shield has in
base a flower (part of Guild's three flowers?). Below the shields
appears a skull with a bone clamped in its jaws and surmounted by a MEMENTO MORI ribbon. Between it and the m.i.
is a long narrow strip on each side. The dexter one contains a
vertical inscription in ¾" letters:
ELEZABETH MILL SPOUSE TO DAVID
( ) WAS INTERD HERE MARCH ( )
This suggests that the the dexter escutcheon, with its cross and undy,
might stand for Mill. The sinister strip has an hourglass, the
motto MEA/EFF/ LVX/IT./TVA/EFFL/VIT and
crossed mattock and spade. (Mine has run, yours is running.)
|
(3) is 67" by 32" tapering to 29"
and of coarse pink stone. Within a scalloped border is a m.i. in
2¼" r.c. between raised lines;
HEIR.LYIS.GEORG/HORN.HAMBER.MAN.WHO.DEPARTED.1643.H1S./AGE.VAS.34.A/LSO
MARGRAT.YOVNG. HIS.SPOVS.VHA =
DEPAIRTED.20.0F/AGVST.1661.HER/AGE.WAS.57./YEARS
Below this, in relief, is a large florid shield, crowned and charged
with a hammer. The composition is flanked by GH,MY,MH,BH
in 4" to 3½" r.c. A panel with an hourglass - - carved
in the bottom corner: MY.GLAS.IS/RUN.YOVRS/lS.RVNING
A skull over a bone is framed in MEM/ENTO. MO/RI.
|
(4) is a very worn stone 72" by 40"
with semi-hexagonal base. A fragmentary m.i. in 2¾" r.c.
commemorates an HONEST MAN CALLED THOM
( ) IN KINEATLE(
), and a skull hovers over a bone.
|
(5) is 65" by 31" tapering to 29",
and is of coarse pink stone with a large included pebble and bevelled
edges. The m.i. is between diamonds:
HEIR.LYES.THE.DVS/T.OF.ISABEL.TALBERT.SPOVS.TO.IAM/ES.LYON.IN.THE.INGLISTOVN.0F.BRIGTOVN.WHO
(p57) DEPARTED.THE 6/OF.IANVARIE/l660HIR.AGE/VAS.56 YEIRS
Then comes a large shield charged with a lion rampant within a tressure
flory counter flory for Lyon, incised in the base the date 1741.
At the foot of the slab is a skull over a bone surmounted by a MM
ribbon. (stone
seen here)
The following also appears, as if a later
addition -
David
Skirling
I
S
E
S
1741
|
(6) is short, 63" by 33", with a
triangular head containing a skull between mouldings and MEMEN TO.MORI below. The m.i. in 2"
i.c. begins with a hand:
HEIRE.LYES.ANDREW/ROBRT.HUSBAND.TO.MARGARET/REID.IN.KNOPPY.KN/OWS.WHO.
DEPARTED.THE.22DAY.. = OF.APRILE.1703.AND/OF.HIS.AGE.THE/54
All the words on this stone are separated by diamonds. An incised
shield is flanked by 2" AR/MR/KB/AR/DR Next; in 1½" i.c.
UNDER.THIS.TOMB/INTO EARTHS.WOMB/NOW.I.DO.LAY/INCLOSED.HERE/TILL.CHRIST.APPEAR/ON.JUDGMENT.DAY
Between hourglass and crossbones at the base is a heart with two arrows
pointing at it (the device of Pearson of Balmadies).
|
(7) is large, 75" by 39" tapering to
36" and carved in the pink stone. The m.i. in 2½" reads
(with diamonds between letters)
THE. BWRIAL.PLACE/OF.MARGRET.LYON.SPOWS.TO.IOH/N.SKIRLING.IN.I/INGLSTOVNE,WHO.DEPAIRTED.THE
= 19 DAY OF IWNE/1657.YEARS.HIR/AIG WAS.26. Below this are
three panels, the first bearing a monogram of ISML, the second a shield
with the Lyon arms (see 5), the third a skull over a
bone surmounted by a ribbon with MM. (stone
seen as #3 here)
|
(8) is 71" by 30", with a rounded head
and shoulders, and may date from the end of the century or later.
Within the head a ribbon is threaded through crossbones flanked by
3½" i.c. IW over MG. The m.i. in 2" i.c. is right at
the edge of the stone:
HERE LYES (MARGARIT) GARLAND SPO/VS TO IAMES WAT
IN BRIGTOWN WHO
DEPARTED/
/HER.AGE.WAS.65 YEARES On the body of the slab is an
eight-line sentiment in 1¼" lower-case letters.
|
|