Moir of Scotstoun mausoleum, St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen
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Moir of Scotstoun mausoleum, St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 30 Nov 2014
The C-listed (see: http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:20061 ), semi-ruined structure apparently incorporates some remains of the medieval St Peter's chapel. For the genealogy of this extinct branch of the Moir family, who were mostly staunch Jacobites, see p 75 of "The Families of Moir and Byres" by A Mitchell Gill (publ. Edinburgh 1885), available as a download from http://archive.org
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Image Location
Latitude
57.159943
Longitude
-2.099505