A very old stone decorated on both sides. The text reads:
Hear Lyes James
Alexander who died
the 12th Day of Sept
1718 his age 63 and
Janet Johnstoune
his spuse who died
the 24 of December 1720
her age 48 who live
d in Whitefeld
As you can tell a stone with some interesting spelling mistakes!
A detail of the winged soul (making it's way to heaven according to all the books I've so far read on the subject and thus a symbol of immortality)
And here is the back of the gravestone, adorned with skull and crossbones, a winged hour-glass (all symbols of immortality or mortality, depending on your point of view!)and the text, barely decipherable, Memento Mori.
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