Farquharson of Invercauld memorial, Strathdon kirkyard
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Farquharson of Invercauld memorial, Strathdon kirkyard
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 28 Apr 2019
The fine sandstone monument with its memento mori symbols, situated on the outside wall of the kirk, is decaying badly. The lengthy blazon of the unusual arms is: quarterly 1st and 4th: or a lion rampant gules; 2nd and 3rd: argent a fir tree growing out of a mount in base fructed proper on a chief gules the royal banner of Scotland displayed on a canton of the field, a hand issuing from the sinister side holding a dagger also proper point downwards.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.201066
Longitude
-3.06883