The gravestone of Robert Whitworth
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The gravestone of Robert Whitworth
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 26 May 2012
The gravestone is located to the WNW of Image "Robert Whitworth, who completed the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal, was buried here. He died, at the age of 32 years, on 23rd July, 1802, and his wife, Jane Fleming of Dalnotter(*), died 1st August, 1807, aged 33 years" [John Bruce, "History of the Parish of West or Old Kilpatrick" (1893), page 107]. One of the sons of the English canal engineer Robert Whitworth (1734-99) was also called Robert, and he followed his father in the same line of work; it is presumably that son who is commemorated here. Aside from Robert Whitworth, the stone commemorates John Fleming Jnr., Mary Ann Whitworth, and Mary Fleming. [(*) Dalnotter is not a typo, but an old alternative spelling of what is now usually written Dalnottar.]
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Image Location
Latitude
55.926249
Longitude
-4.461354