Old tomb in ruins
Source:RT
This along with some nearby flat monuments are in the
positions which are described as tombs rather than slabs. Due to the moss growth
now totally covering the memorial no identification can be made, however, the
tombs themselves which were in poor condition in 1834 may have been removed with
just the covering slab left behind.
A slab was said to have been incorporated into the original
monument which carried the partial inscription:- M.B
Pro thalamo______ _______________ Maximus_________
quam pieta____suorum (or morum)
Illustres______reddit______modesta ______christi
sanguini____rides____ Source: The Book of the Howff, ŠLibraries,
Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind
permission. |