Alexander Gordon memorial, Rhynie old kirkyard
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Alexander Gordon memorial, Rhynie old kirkyard
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 23 Sep 2017
This presumably came from St Luag's kirk, which was demolished in 1823 when the replacement church was built in the centre of the village. The arms are: azure three boars' heads couped or. The worn inscription reads: "Heir lyes Alexr. Gordone of Mvirack [Muirack], who departed this lyfe the 6 of Octr., 1668". Gordon seems to have had Royalist sympathies and was harassed by the local Presbytery as "malignant and enemy to the work of reformation." For more, see Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by J. A. Henderson, p. 158 (available as a free download from archive.org).
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Image Location
Latitude
57.326189
Longitude
-2.833479