Latin Inscription
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Latin Inscription
Image: © Simon Johnston Taken: 7 Oct 2007
From http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/578655 Inscription detail: ÆDEM HANC DOM TEMPORIS ET ÆTERNI-TATIS CONDITORI SACRAM SANCTIS SIMÆ RELIGIONS CULT MI DICATUM HEREDIBUS AD VERAM NOBILITATEM QUE IN VIRTUTE POSITA EST NOBILITATEM SIBI ET POSTERIS QUO COMPLICATIS VELIS IN OPTATAS SEDES CONQUIESCANT PORTUM EXTRUI ET EXORNARI CURABUNT CAROLUS ET ANNA MORAVIÆ COMES ET COMITISSA ANNO ÆRÆ CHRISTIANÆ MDCCXXXI ANNO GIIR QUINTO. (E&OE). This house and temple be kept forever a sacred tomb for holy and devout folk and their descendants, yada yada... ....Charles and Anna, Earl and Countess of Moray will take care of it all... In the year of the Christian Era 1731, the fifth year of the reign of George II. (Translation, as yet, unfinished. Assistance gratefully accepted if anyone's good with Latin) so far we have... This temple, consecrated to the founder of time and eternity, dedicated to the presence of the most holy religion for their heirs, a spur to that true nobility which is grounded in virtue for themselves and their descendants a haven where, with furled sails, they may find rest in the place where they would be. Charles and Anne and Countess of Moray caused to be built and decorated on the year of the Christian Era 1731, the fifth year of the reign of George II.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.03085
Longitude
-3.352398