Mural tablet (MacNair family)

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 8 Jun 2012

This large tablet is located near the south-eastern corner of the kirkyard of Image (see that item for the references cited below), and is set in the southern boundary wall, next to the Image The tablet is described in the list of pre-1855 inscriptions (see the references) as being of reredos type. The text has largely flaked off, and only fragments remain. However, the tablet is a memorial for the MacNair (or McNair) family of Kilbowie. [Bruce], on page 284, gives as much of the inscription as was legible in the 1890s; readers may spot that a "for" seems to be missing ("burying place appointed Robert McNair"), but I have given the text just as it appears in Bruce's book: "MEMENTO MORI This is the burying place of Robert McNair, Portioner in Wester Kilbowie and Dalmure, who died July 18th, 1675, aged 64 years. Thomas McNair, late Tenant in Barns of Clyde, who died June [ ], 17[ ], aged 74. This is the burying place appointed Robert McNair, Tenant in the Mains of Scotstoun, his wife and children, A.D. MDC[ ]" Kilbowie: c.Image Dalmure: now spelled Dalmuir (Image). Barns of Clyde: see Image Scotstoun: c.Image At the top of the tablet is an hourglass, flanked by Latin text: Image

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