Memorial No. 42
Surname(s)CHAPMAN
Memorial Type (1)5 Obelisk
Number Commemorated 1
MaterialPink Granite on stone base
Stonemason 
Number of Components 2
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ
Condition of Inscription (4)3 Mainly decipherable
Dimensions in mmH 4000 x W 850 x D 850
Orientation (2)2
Faces Inscribed (2)2
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF
JAMES CHAPMAN
AGED 19 YEARS
WHO PERISHED ON THE 17TH DAY OF JULY 1857
IN THE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE
FROM DROWNING
A YOUTH WHO WAS BATHING AT KIRKCALDY
Inscription 2
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE
THE GENEROUS ACTION AND TO
EXPRESS SYMPATHY FOR HIS
BEREAVED RELATIVES.
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