BGCP_40 Balquhidder graveyard

3D Model

Balquhidder Churchyard (Canmore ID 80644), grave slab 3 m SSE of SE corner of Old Kirk (SM5588): site co-ordinates: 43.20/20.90.

This near rectangular slab, with rounded corners, is 1.81 m long (W–E) and up to 0.61 m wide towards the W end.

It bears the carving in relief of a Roman cross 0.26 m from the W end, the stem of which connects to the bow spring of a pair of shears. The cross is 0.48 m long and 0.29 m wide, with head and arms 0.10–0.13 m long and 0.08 m wide. The shears are 0.41 m long and 0.13 m wide.

Below the arms of the cross, on either side of its stem is the inscription:

R MG The ‘G’ was not recorded on previous drawings of the slab. It may indicate a ‘MacGregor’.