| Location: |
Bervie, Old Parish Kirk; down a side street, Farquhar Street, in Inverbervie
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| OS Map Reference: |
NO 830 725
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| Description: |
One of the photographs show 2 of the notable memorial slabs, one decorated with relief carved memento mori and two unusual figures, the other photographs show a grand Victorian/Edwardian monument in polished pink and grey granites to a "David Webster flax spinner in Bervie".
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| Related Information: |
All that remains of the old kirk of 1781 is the Gothic W. gable There are approximately 8 recumbent stones of which 4 are particularly well decorated. There are 7 memorial slabs of note lined along the W. wall of the yard. There are hundreds of upright memorials mainly from Victorian times, one to the designer of the Cutty Sark, Hercules Linton (1837 – 1900).
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| Era: |
various
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| Settlement: |
Inverbervie
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| Town: |
Stonehaven
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| Information Source: |
Source The Historic Kirkyards of Aberdeenshire A Survey Report, Aberdeenshire Council 1998
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| Related Artefacts: |
Hercules Linton Memorial, Inverbervie
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| Categories: |
Other Memorials and Grave Art
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| Iconography: |
memento mori
human figure
religious figure
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