Miss Elyza Fraser Mausoleum, Cluny

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Miss Elysa Fraser’s Mausoleum, 1808, James Byres. The old kirkyard of Cluny in deepest Aberdeenshire hides a breath of Roman classicism designed with great assurance and executed with extraordinary precision. Miss Elyza Fraser’s mausoleum, by her friend James Byres, the classical antiquary, of nearby Tonley, is a drum of fine granite ashlar with a moulded base set on a low square podium; it rises to a dome with oculus. The architraved doorpiece is topped by a fine coat of arms between two swags; the frieze is inscribed: ELIZABETH FRASER OF CASTLE FRASER MDCCC VIII.

Miss Elyza left Byers ‘my carriage and best pair of horses’ but his plans to be interred in a similar mausoleum were later revoked.

The Mausoleum has recently been completely restored by the North East Scotland Preservation Trust.

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