Gillespie family tombstone, Elie Kirkyard
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Gillespie family tombstone, Elie Kirkyard
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 7 Nov 2013
A stone befitting a family of local lairds, the Gillespies of Gillespie House. The earliest name is that of Alexander Gillespie who died in 1635; the last name is that of Alexander Gillespie who died in 1910. The family were styled "of Kirktoun and Mountqhuanie" from the 18th century onwards.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.190521
Longitude
-2.820934