Location
Cowie is in the north east of Stonehaven. The kirkyard is east of the golf course clubhouse.
Cowie, Stonehaven
OS Map Reference
NO 884 874
Date
1779
Description
Stone with the blacksmiths' crown and hammer symbol, the stone is inscribed: "in memory of James Forrest late blacksmith in Stonehaven who died January 14 1779 aged 71 years" then there is a gap presumably intended for an inscription to his wife that has not been done, followed by: "and also of their children Margaret and Jean who died in infancy. As with the similar blank on the stone of the seaman David Adams it is sad to think of that the likeliest explanation is that outliving their husbands and children these women had no survivors to order or pay for the inscriptions.
Era
1700s
Related Artefacts
- Cowie Chapel Child's Memorial Book
- Cowie Chapel farmers's tombs
- Cowie Chapel Gardner tomb
- Cowie Chapel George Ironside tomb
- Cowie Chapel Headstone with Finger Pointing Up
- Cowie Chapel lifeboat memorial
- Cowie Chapel Masonic headstone
- Cowie Chapel seamen's tombs
- Cowie Chapel winged hourglass headstone
- Cowie Chapel, 18th century shoemaker's headstone
- Cowie Chapel, Hassell tomb
- Cowie Chapel, St. Mary's of the Storms, Cowie Kirkyard
Categories
Iconography
- crown
- tools
Photographer
- Pat Copner
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