Memorial No. | 271 |
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Surname(s) | GRAY, OSWALD |
Memorial Type (1) | 5 Mounted on wall in enclosure |
Number Commemorated | 2 |
Material | Sandstone |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 1 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 3 Mainly decipherable Some has flaked off over 2008. |
Dimensions in mm | H 1560 x W 880 x D 15 |
Orientation (2) | 1 |
Faces Inscribed (2) | 1 |
Technique of Inscription | Inscribed |
Inscription 1 | IN MEMORY OF JANET GRAY DAUGHTER OF GRAY OF OVER SKIBO SUTHERLANDSHIRE, SHE WAS BORN 1769 MARRIED J. T. OSWALD ESQ OF DUNNIKIER AND DIED 1841 AGED 95. |
Inscription 2 | HER LONG LIFE WAS PASSED IN THE ACTIVE DISCHARGE OF HER DUTIES, THESE SHE WAS ENABLED TO PERFORM WITH A POWERFUL AND ENERGETIC MIND WHICH WAS HANDED THE RESPECT OF HER MANY FRIENDS, ALSO OF FRANCES HER DAUGHTER BORN 1772 DIED 1845 WHOSE REMAINS ARE INTERRED BENEATH THIS STONE. |
(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 12/10/2008 by ROSEMARY POTTER
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