2016

NS3238 : Here Lies A Sailor's Wife

taken 8 years ago, near to Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Here Lies A Sailor's Wife
Here Lies A Sailor's Wife
The inscription on the other side reads:
HERE · LYETH · THE · CORPS · OF · JEAN · HOUSTON · SPOUSE · TO · ROBERT · MONTGOMERIE · SAILER · IN · IRVIN · WHO · DIED · THE · 14 · OF · AUGUST · 1726 · AGED · 24 · YERS
The carvings show a simple winged soul at the top, above a compass and an hour-glass, then a 3-masted ship. A skull and crossed bones, indicating man's mortality, occupy the lower part.

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NS3238, 238 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Mary and Angus Hogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 9 March, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 April, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3216 3866 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:36.7501N 4:39.9818W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3216 3866
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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