Dun Parish Churchyard - Angus, Scotland
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Graveyard surrounding the parish church of Dun in a rural area between the Angus towns of Brechin and Montrose in eastern Scotland.
Waymark Code: WM16NNN
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/05/2022
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The rural parish of Dun is situated in the Angus countryside halfway between the town of Brechin to the west, and the coastal town of Montrose to the east. It consists of the National Trust owned House of Dun, where the first parish church was built until 1833 when a new church was built the following year a kilometre to the west. Designed by Robert Dalgarno for Lady Margaret Erskine, the 17th Laird of Dun, it is a simple rectangular building with a pinnacled tower on the east gable.
The churchyard was constructed at the same time as the opening of the new building, and surrounds the church, with a newer section extending to the north.
The church fell out of use recently and is currently up for sale
The featured gravestone to the south of the church reads as follows:
'ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM HENDRY
WHO DIED AT WEST LEY OF DUN
29th JANUARY 1875 AGED 43 YEARS
ALSO OF HIS FAMILY
MARY ANN
WHO DIED 8TH JANY. 1861 AGED 3 YEARS
JAMES
WHO DIED 8TH JANY. 1861 AGED 1 YEAR
GEORGE
WHO DIED 27th JANY. 1875 AGED 3 YEARS
ALSO OF MARTHA FAIRWEATHER HIS WIFE
WHO DIED AT TAYOCK 18th FEBY. 1870 AGED 52 YEARS'