The Scoular Memorial
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Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 27 Mar 2013
"Erected by William Scoular, feuar in Helensburgh, in memory of his children: Mary Ann, Jeanie, William, & Jessie, who all died young; Elizabeth Hartley, his second wife, died 4th Dec 1876, aged 76 years, also the above William Scoular who died 29th March, 1877, aged 70 years." For a closer look, see Image The memorial is the work of the sculptor William Robin; he was based in Paisley, and he is buried in that town's Woodside Cemetery: see Image See http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/8438 for views of the cemetery itself, where there is also a memorial, carved by him, for those executed after the Radical War of 1820: Image