Memorial No. 254
Surname(s)HENDERSON, MACKNIGHT
Memorial Type (1)2
Number Commemorated 2
MaterialSandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 2
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ
Condition of Inscription (4)1 Mint
Dimensions in mmH 1690 x W 1050 x D 120
Orientation (2)8
Faces Inscribed (2)NW
Technique of InscriptionInscribed
Inscription 1
Sacred to the memory of
JAMES ELIZABETH HENDERSON
widow of the REVD SAMUEL MACKNIGHT, Parish Minister of KIRKMAHOE, DUMFRIESSHIRE, who died at KIRKCALDY 22nd AUGUST 1859, aged 71 years.
Inscription 2
Also in loving remembrance of their son SAMUEL WIGHTMAN MACKNIGHT
Registrar and Session Clerk of this parish
for many years,
who died at KIRKCALDY
8th SEPTEMBER 1884, aged 67 years.
"Life's race well run, life's work well done, life's crown well won,
then came rest".


(Notes: in bottom right hand corner - S.W.M. 3.8 X 126.
See 249 - granddaughter's memorial in Bryden enclosure.
Measurement at plinth Thickness 155.)
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 17/01/2009 by Rosemary Potter