Spynie Churchyard. Tablestone, John Barrie, 1795.

Description Spynie Churchyard. Tablestone, John Barrie, 1795.

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

Catalogue Number SC 801641

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 23404/7

Scope and Content Table tomb of John Bailie and John Barron, Holy Trinity Church and Burial-Ground, Spynie, Moray This shows the end panel of the simple table tomb. A recessed panel is carved with the initials 'J B' and 'J R', a crown and leather cutting knife, or cordiner's blade. The object at the base of the panel may be some sort of roller, or perhaps once bore an inscription. 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 table tomb commemorates John Bailie, who died in 1795 and John Barron ( no date of death available). It is inscribed: 'HERE LYES THE BONES/OF JOHN BAILIE/LATE CONVENER OF/THE INCORPORATED/TRADES OF ELGIN/WHO DIED 29 MAY 1795/AGED 65 YEARS AND/OF JOHN BARRON FAR/MER AT MILTOUN OF/ROTHES AND GRAND/CHILD TO JOHN FOR...'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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