Location
Bervie, Old Parish Kirk; down a side street, Farquhar Street, in Inverbervie
Inverbervie, Stonehaven
OS Map Reference
NO 830 725
Description
One of the photographs show 2 of the notable memorial slabs, one decorated with relief carved memento mori and two unusual figures, the other photographs show a grand Victorian/Edwardian monument in polished pink and grey granites to a "David Webster flax spinner in Bervie".
Related Information
All that remains of the old kirk of 1781 is the Gothic W. gable There are approximately 8 recumbent stones of which 4 are particularly well decorated. There are 7 memorial slabs of note lined along the W. wall of the yard. There are hundreds of upright memorials mainly from Victorian times, one to the designer of the Cutty Sark, Hercules Linton (1837 - 1900).
Era
Various
Information Source
Source The Historic Kirkyards of Aberdeenshire A Survey Report, Aberdeenshire Council 1998
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Categories
Iconography
- human figure
- memento mori
- religious figure
Photographer
- Martin Sim
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