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C2.13 MACKAY / SCOTT
             Large grey sandstone obelisk on double plinth. Four white polished marble insets
             in base for inscriptions. Obelisk has fallen to ground on south and has broken in
             four pieces. Affected by lichen and ivy. Ivy leaf decoration in relief on four
             pillars surrounding insets and on pediment above; wreath with ribbons in relief
             near top of obelisk on all four sides. Lettering incised, good condition.
             Inscriptions on three sides of base: east, north and south.
             Height: 41500 approximately
             Width: 750            

                              East
                                              ERECTED
    i                                      IN MEMORY OF
                                          ROBERT MACKAY,
                                         OF MOUNTCASTLE,
                                   WHO DIED 11TH JULY, 1820.
                                            AND HIS WIFE
                                          SARAH MACKAY,
                              WHO DIED 28TH NOVEMBER 1845
                                         ALSO OF THEIR SON
                                          ROBERT MACKAY,
                                   WHO DIED 14TH FEBRUARY,
                                                1872.
                                   AND OF THEIR DAUGHTER
                                        SARAH JANE MACKAY
                                    WHO DIED 1ST JUNE 1877,
                                           AGED 57 YEARS.

                           North
                                        ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
                                           MARTHA SCOTT
                                             WIFE OF
                                           ANDREW SCOTT
                                           MOUNTCASTLE.
                               WHO DIED 13TH JANUARY 1879,
                                           AGED 61 YEARS.
                                         ALSO THE ABOVE
                                           ANDREW SCOTT
                                   WHO DIED 2ND JUNE I906,
                                           AGED 83 YEARS.
                            ALSO IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
                                          CATHERINE ANNIE
                             BELOVED WIFE OF ROBERT SCOTT
                                            MOUNTCASTLE,                            Contd.....