2012
NT6231 : An inscription on a burial vault at Mertoun
taken 12 years ago, near to Clintmains, Scottish Borders, Scotland
An inscription on a burial vault at Mertoun
This inscription is on the west elevation of a neglected vault in Mertoun old parish graveyard that was a mausoleum for the Scotts of Harden. The vault stands on the site of a 12th century church that was replaced by the present Mertoun church 900m to the west and built in 1658. The inscription for family members formerly buried here is:
THE FOLLOWING AND OTHERS
WHO DIED YOUNG ARE BURIED HERE
WALTER SCOTT 1724 – 1793
LADY DIANA HUME CAMPBELL
HIS WIFE 1735 – 1827
ANN SCOTT THEIR DAUGHTER 1755 – 1819
HUGH SCOTT 6TH BARON OF POLWARTH
THEIR SON 1758 – 1841
HARRIET BRUHL HIS WIFE 1773 – 1853
HENRY FRANCIS SCOTT 7TH BARON
POLWARTH THEIR SON 1800 – 1867
GEORGINA BAILLIE HIS WIFE 1812 – 1859
HELEN GEORGINA THEIR DAUGHTER
1840 – 1868
WALTER HUGH SCOTT 8TH BARON
POLWARTH THEIR SON 1838 – 1920
MARY HAMILTON GORDON HIS WIFE
1844 – 1914
KATHERINE GRISELL BAILLIE
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