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The list of monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) for Dunbartonshire (compiled in 1969 by J.F.Mitchell & Sheila Mitchell) has little to say about this cemetery, since the first burial took place here in 1881, but it does often include a few more recent memorials of interest. I referred to that list after my visit here, and found that it includes two from this cemetery, of which this is one.

The stone, erected by Duncan McNaught, schoolmaster of Kilmaurs (NS4141), commemorates various members of his family; his mother is buried here. It is richly decorated; the shield in the roundel above his name bears a monogram with a D, an M, and a small c (for "Mc"). The inscription also names his brothers and sisters, and his father (also Duncan), and states that they are all buried in Bonhill Churchyard (see Link for that churchyard).

Duncan McNaught, the schoolmaster, was the author of the work "Kilmaurs Parish & Burgh", which was published in 1912. He was also a member of Kilmarnock Burns Club. It does not appear that Duncan himself was buried here.

There is one last interesting detail: the base of the memorial is flaking a little, but the monumental sculptor's name is still visible, and reads "CALDERWOOD KILM'K" (i.e., of Kilmarnock). The contractor for the Burns Monument in Kilmarnock (now gone – see NS4338 : Kay Park and Lake) was Mr (Andrew) Calderwood. Given the Robert Burns and Kilmarnock connections of both men, could it be that the same Mr Calderwood was commissioned by McNaught to produce this gravestone? It is possible, but there is no confirmation of this.