Carved stone (Stirling of Law burial place)

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 8 Jun 2012

This stone is on the northern side of the Image, at the south-eastern corner of the kirkyard of Image (see that link for the reference cited below). The stone is illustrated and described on pages 104-105 of [Bruce], written in 1893: "over the doorway is carved the arms of Stirling and Maxwell per pale with the initials WS & MM 1659". These are arranged as follows: "W" above "M" above "16" to the left of the combined arms, and "S" above "M" above "59" to the right (except that the figure 39 has been carved where the "S" used to be; however, that letter had already worn away by the time Bruce wrote his book). In the background, on the right, is the top and the "winged soul" (these are often misinterpreted as cherubs) of a mural tablet associated with the same enclosure: Image

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