Memorial No. | 186 |
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Surname(s) | ROBERTSON, DAVIDSON |
Memorial Type (1) | 5 Obelisk |
Number Commemorated | 5 |
Material | Stone |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 1 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 3 Mainly decipherable |
Dimensions in mm | H 1350 x W 440 |
Orientation (2) | |
Faces Inscribed (2) | N,S,E,W |
Technique of Inscription | Incised |
Inscription 1 | OBELISK (NORTH EAST FACE) (WREATH) HELEN THE WIFE OF JAMES ROBERTSON IRONMONGER, KIRKCALDY DIED 23 MARCH 1850 |
Inscription 2 | OBELISK (SOUTH FACE) EMILY DAVIDSON RELICT OF THE LATE JAMES ROBERTSON DIED 20TH APRIL 1887. Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. MATT 20.28 Watch and Pray. MATT 26.41 OBELISK (SE FACE) JAMES SON OF THE LATE JAMES ROBERTSON DIED 19TH OCTOBER 1864 AGED 5 YEARS 3 MONTHS CATHERINE ROSS HIS DAUGHTER DIED 29TH OCTOBER 1864 AGED 7 YEARS 4 MONTHS. They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided. II SAMUEL 1.23 OBELISK (NORTH FACE) IN MEMORY OF JAMES ROBERTSON IRONMONGER WHO DIED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1861. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. PSALM XXXVII.37 |
(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
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