Location
In the N.W. corner of the yard.
Gardenstown, Macduff
OS Map Reference
NJ 791 64
Date
1754
Description
A slightly vernacular attempt at a Classical monument, the red sandstone pediment and architrave are literally falling apart. The inscription reads "Here lies interred the ashes of Margaret _____ Spouse to John Ord at ____ Crivie who died Jan the_ _ 1754. As also the ashes of Margaret Watt Spouse to John Ord sometime att Mill of Melross who died Jan the 7th 1707.
This is erected to their memory by Alex and John Ord's their lawful sons & grand sons.
I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the later day upon the Earth & though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God Job 19th 25 26"
Related Information
Before the Cremation Act, 1902 cremation was not legal in most of the U.K although some local authorities had produced their own legislation in the previous decade. Does this mean that these 2 women were both illegally cremated or does it mean that they were both killed in fires 47 years apart?
Era
1700s
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Categories
Iconography
- memento mori
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
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