View of gravestone commemorating James Pender, dated 1800, in the churchyard of Longforgan Parish Church.

Description View of gravestone commemorating James Pender, dated 1800, in the churchyard of Longforgan Parish Church.

Date 1986

Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1568235

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 34372

Scope and Content Gravestone of James Pender, Longforgan Parish Church, Main Street, Longforgan, Perth & Kinross This gravestone features two bold pilasters supporting a pediment. Under this hovers a winged soul (symbol of the spirit ascending to Heaven after death). From its breast a lion's head boss supports a swag of material draped over rings above a shield inscribed: '1800'. At the base of the stone are a bone, skull and coffin, the emblems of death. 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 Pender, who died in 179[?]. It is inscribed: '1800/ERECTED/BY WILLIAM PENDER/WEAVER IN HAWKHILL/DUNDEE/IN MEMORY OF HIS SON/JAMES PENDER WHO ACC/IDENTALLY DEPARTED THIS/LIFE BY A CART AT LONG/FORGAN JUNE3rd 179.../AGED 22 YEARS'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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