2016
NS3238 : Here Lies A Sailor's Wife
taken 8 years ago, near to Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
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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