Location
Kirktown of Fetteresso - at the western edge of the town
Stonehaven, Kincardine
OS Map Reference
NO 852 856
Date
1834
Description
A superb white marble tombstone to the memory of Rbt. Wllm. Duff of Fetteresso, dated 1834, features a finely carved armorial panel in a good pediment. Also inscribed to his wife Mary Abercromby Duff who died 1833, it was erected by their son Robert and the inscription also commemorates his early death at the age of 31 in 1861.
Related Information
An interesting feature of the various Duff of Fetterresso arms is that the supporters are men carrying swords or falchions dressed in fashionable clothing contemporary or nearly so to the time at which the arms were carved or painted. The motto is "virtute et opera" "by virtue and deeds".
Era
1800s
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- St. Ciarán's Kirk Stonehaven, general
- St. Ciarán's Kirk Stonehaven, granite obelisk
- St. Ciarán's Kirk Stonehaven, stones showing Mortality Emblems.
- St. Ciarán's Kirk Stonehaven, various Victorian stones
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Categories
Iconography
- animals in general
- heraldic motifs
- human figure
- lion
- stag or other deer
- sword
Photographer
- Pat Copner
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