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Only three of our usual Gang were at work here – Margaret Brown, Jim Shirer and myself. Jean was visiting far flung relatives in Australia. We were given a helping hand though by Elizabeth Mitchell from Aboyne and managed to find a family stone for her in the process. We were fortunate in meeting Mrs Robertson who has a wide knowledge of the people in the area and put us right on the name Cundey when we couldn’t decide whether the initial letter was C or G – not the first time we have encountered the problem. My thanks to all concerned. Not a very big Kirkyard with only 291 stones but some are very interesting. One gives a very full family tree with great-grandparents, grandparents and parents on both sides of the family. Another has details from the 1696 Poll Book inscribed (at a later date) on it and brought up to date with later members of the family. The oldest stone is No 126 dated 1711. One of the main features of the Kirkyard are the four mort safes. Made from stone and iron these were used to protect the coffin from body snatchers until such time as the remains were of no use to the medical profession. We made use of Jim’s strong arm on one occasion to help us turn over a stone which had fallen face down. Not a very big stone, I might add, or we wouldn’t have asked him to tackle it! Sheila M. Spiers.
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Cluny Old Kirkyard, naming 965 individuals between 1696 and 1985
