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View of gravestone commemorating Robert Smart, 1804, in Maryton churchyard.
SC 2239446
Description View of gravestone commemorating Robert Smart, 1804, in Maryton churchyard.
Date 1989
Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2239446
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 4029/14
Scope and Content Gravestone of Robert Smart, Maryton Parish Church and Churchyard, Angus This gravestone features an oval panel carved with the tools of a gardener. These are a rake, shears, curved pruning knife, spade and spool of string to mark out rows of vegetables. 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 Smart, who died in 1803. It is inscribed: 'Erected/By David Smart in/memory of his Father/Robert Smart some/time Gadner at Old/Montrose who died 31st/September 1803 aged 61/also his brother Robert/who died 4 April 1779/aged 5 years'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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