Ogilvie tomb, St Mary's kirkyard Banff

Location

OS Map Reference

NJ 690 640

Date

1558

Description

A simple 16th century table top tomb for a hausband and wife. Inscription reads: ANO. DNI. 1558.29 NOVE. OBIIT. VALTERVS. OGILVY. DE. DVNLVGVS. MILES . PRAEPOSITVS . HVIVS . VRBIS . ET . HIC. JACET. CV. ALISONA. HVME. EIVS. SPOSA. OBIIT. 23. JVLII. ANO. 1557.

Related Information

A project for the restoration and conservation of the Banff (Ogilvie) Aisle made provision for limited archaeological observation and excavation to lower and level the ground both inside and outside the a isle. The work was carried out in March and June 2003.
No archaeological features or finds were evident during the lowering of the exterior ground level. However, reduction of the 20th-century floor level within the aisle exposed the lowest detail of the Ogilvie tomb. It was evident that the interior ground level was made up,
to a depth exceeding 0.75m, by using material from the late 18th-century landscaping of the surrounding graveyard. This fill contained small amounts of disarticulated human bone and a single coin - a copper turner or twopence of Charles I, dated between 1642-50. Above this,
a hard-packed layer of black sandy clay formed the floor level, with reused red sandstone slabs placed beneath the columns of the tomb and in front of the doorway into the aisle.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Aberdeenshire Historic Kirkyards Project. J C Murray 2003

Era

1500s

Information Source

RCAHMS http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
ANNALS OF BANFF INDEX TO THE OLD CEMETERY
http://gen.deltanz.net/gen/banff/banffindex.html

Related Artefacts

Iconography

heraldic motifs

External Links

TRANSCRIPT OF ALL THE MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE OLD CHURCHYARD CEMETERY OF BANFF, SCOTLAND

Photographer

David Watson Hood

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Creator

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