The monument that occupied this
position was much ruinous and the coped sarcophagus top stone was removed and
re-erected at 463 when it was being taken down to make way for a new memorial.
When the foundations were being cleared for the new monument No70, three
fragments were discovered and are numbered here as 70-3, 70-4 and 70-5.
Heir lyis ane honest man David Robertsone______ betsone, and
depairted the first of Januare 1604, and of his age 68____R____
Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries, Leisure and Culture
Dundee, Local History Centre & is
reproduced with kind permission.
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