Detail of headstone 1734 to James Dundas, gardener, Abercorn churchyard.
SC 789876
Description Detail of headstone 1734 to James Dundas, gardener, Abercorn churchyard.
Date c. 1980
Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 789876
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of J 6343 S
Scope and Content Gravestone of James Dundas, Churchyard and Anglian Monastery, Abercorn Church, West Lothian This gravestone features a scrolled top from which sprout leaves, appropriate decoration for a forester's grave. Within the top panel are carved two stylised trees and a crossed axe, spade and pruning knife, the tools of the deceased's trade. Scottish gravestones feature a wealth of imagery and symbolic devices which represent trade emblems, symbols of death and resurrection, and Biblical scenes. They offer a fascinating insight into how our ancestors saw themselves and how they wanted to be remembered, as well as providing a store of information for people interested in family or local history, and folk art. This gravestone commemorates James Dundas, who died in 1734. It is inscribed: 'Here lyes James Dundas/who died upon the 22 of/October 1732 aged ...years'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Accession Number 1998/128
External Reference BWA/79/S
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