View of gravestone for Robert Robertson who died 1779, in the churchyard of Comrie Old Parish Church.

Description View of gravestone for Robert Robertson who died 1779, in the churchyard of Comrie Old Parish Church.

Date 1986

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

Catalogue Number SC 1568367

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 34388

Scope and Content Gravestone of Robert Robertson and Ann Goloway, Comrie Old Parish Church, Comrie, Perth & Kinross The top of this gravestone features a winged soul (symbol of the spirit ascending to Heaven after death). Below this, two fluted pilasters flank the main panel. Below a band of what may be interlaced hearts are carved the sock and coulter (metal parts) of a plough (the emblems of a farmer), a skull and crossed bones (mortality emblems) and an hourglass (symbol of life's brevity). 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 Robert Robertson and Ann Goloway, who both died in 1791. It is inscribed: 'HERE LYES INTERRED ROBERT ROB/ERTSON WHO DIED AUGUST 1791/AGED 55 AND ANN GOLOWAY HIS SPOUSE/WHO DIED AUGUST 1791 AGED 42'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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