Memorial to Archibald Murray
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Memorial to Archibald Murray
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 27 Nov 2012
For context, see Image This is one of a few stones that have presumably fallen out of the southern boundary wall of the kirkyard, and which have ended up at the side of the path. Its text is not included in the list of pre-1855 monumental inscriptions for the area, and so is worth giving here. It reads as follows (where I've relied on my local knowledge to determine the reading of the less legible parts): "HERE LYES THE BODY [OF] ARCHIBALD MURRAY LA[TE] FARMER IN HILL [OF] NAPIER[STON]" Hill of Napierston, earlier known as Hilltoun of Napierstoun, was one of the local farms; for example, it is mentioned, in passing, on page 169 of the second volume of Joseph Irving's "Book of Dumbartonshire" (1879). On the Napiers in this area, see also Image
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