Category Archives: Soroby

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SG 001

H MD

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN Mc.DONALD
MASON MANNAL
WHO DIED 1ST JANy. 1881
AGED 77 YEARS
ALSO HIS SON
JOHN
WHO DIED 1ST JULY 1879
AGED 17 YEARS


Notes: Stone 35 on Keith Dash’s website

SS 001

Nothing VIsible
ss-001
Notes: Slab stone that may have had a design on it at one time but to weathered to tell now what was once on it

ST 001

Nothing VIsible
st-001-4
Notes: 18th century table top tomb stone, resting on small stone pillars.
Heraldic Maclean insignia carved in relief but the inscription is illegible.

There is a  shield which  is charged quarterly

1st   lion rampant
2nd castle standing on a rock
3rd  a galley sail furled
4th  2  birds ? eagle

Most probably across the top was inscribed Altera Merces which translates as “Other Reward” or “Reward is Secondary” but is now illegible.

Possibly this one is the one noted by Beveridge* with the name Hector Maclean Minister of Coll and was to the memory of his son.
Traces of letters can be seen on this table top more clearly than ST 002  so it might have been legible when Beveridge recorded it.
* Coll & Tiree ,Bevridge 190

ST 002

Nothing VIsible
st-002-1
Notes:18th century table top tomb stone, resting on small stone pillars.
Heraldic Maclean insignia carved in relief but the inscriptions are illegible.
There is a shield which is charged quarterly according to the RCAHMS  as follows but is very hard to decipher now.
1st   lion rampant
2nd castle standing on a rock
3rd  a galley sail furled
4th  2  birds  ? eagle
Underneath the insignia is a skull & crossbones

KT 003

IN MEMORY

OF

JOHN MACPHADYEN

WHO DIES 27TH NOV 1816 AGED 90 YEARS

ALSO HIS SPOUSE JANNET WHO

DIED 19TH FEB 1816 AGED 71/91 YEARS

ERECTED BY THEIR SON

ALLAN MACPHADYEN

IN REMEBRANCE OF DUTIFUL AND

AFFECTIONATE PARENTS

Notes: This is not such an old stone compared to the other tabletop stones found in this graveyard.

Allan who erected the stone was a well to do man. He lived in Scarinish and for many years had tenancy of the Scarinish Hotel. Allan ferried rocks from Mull for 7 years, for the Skerryvore Lighthouse so would have met and possibly knew the stonemasons who may have made this stone for him as it has a style of the stonemasons stones that can be seen at Soroby.
Skerryvore was built in the 1840’s so if these dates of death are correct, and they may not be as they are very hard to read this stone was erected at least 20 years after his parents death.

SS 002 003 004 005

Nothing Visible
ss-2-4-5
Notes:SS 002 – SS 005  all lie one beside the other with marker stones at their top and bottom and are mainly overgrown with turf. Areas of  SS002 and SS005 are exposed  nothing recognizable is visible

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