Kirkcaldy Old Kirk

Memorial No.	16
Surname(s)	McNAB, LOWRIE, MASON, CHAPMAN, VANNET
Memorial Type ⁽¹⁾	2
Number Commemorated	10
Material	Stone, Sandstone
Stonemason
Number of Components	1
Condition of Monument ⁽³⁾	3 Falling apart
Condition of Inscription ⁽⁴⁾	3 Mainly decipherable. Last 2 lines hidden by grass.
Dimensions in mm	H 1280 x W 930 x D 120
Orientation ⁽²⁾	2
Faces Inscribed ⁽²⁾	2
Technique of Inscription	Incised
Inscription 1	1816 ERECTED BY JANET McNAB IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HER GRANDPARENTS ALEXANDER LOWRIE LATE HARBOURMASTER KIRKCALDY AND HIS WIFE JANET MASON ALSO THEIR DAUGHTERS MARGARET VANNET & MARIA CHAPMAN ALSO THEIR SON-IN-LAW PETER VANNET ALSO HER
Inscription 2	BROTHERS JAMES AND CHARLES McNAB ALSO HER MOTHER JANE LOWRIE McNAB WHO DIED 4TH FEBY 1895 ALSO THE ABOVE JANET McNAB WHO DIED 3RD AUGUST 1923 ALSO HER BROTHER ALEXANDER McNAB "IT WAS WITH PAIN SO SORE OPPRESSED THAT WORE MY STRENGTH AWAY WHICH MADE ME LONG FOR HEAVENS REST THAT NEVER WILL DECAY"

Notes

⁽¹⁾ : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
⁽²⁾ : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
⁽³⁾ : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
⁽⁴⁾ : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed

Information recorded 04/08/1982 by W & E MATHIESON