BGCP_05: John McGregor

Site co-ordinates: 51.40/26.80

Photogrammetry here

The slab, which lies immediately E of the enclosed Rob Roy MacGregor graves, is a well-dressed rectangular slab 1.83 m long (W–E) and 0.59 m wide. It has simple raised bead moulding, 40 mm deep, around is edges, approximately 10 mm below the slab surface (which measures 1.75 m by 0.51 m). At its head the slab bears a shield-shaped motif in raised relief, representing the MacGregor coat of arms – a shield with uprooted tree crossing a sword with a crown at its point; an L-shaped extension at the top of the shield may be a simplified lion’s head. There is faint lettering around the edge of shield, including at the right and bottom:

AND / SPARCo[?] – suggesting if may be a rendering of the clan motto: E'EN DO AND SPARE NOCHT

Below the shield is the main field of inscription, comprising six lines of upper case text. This reads:

HERE LIE THE REMAINS / OF JOHN M GREGOR LATE[?] / TENANT IN WOODEND / OF STRONSLANY WHO / DIED[?] MARCH[?] _ _ _ AGED / 74[?] YEARS

Below a 0.18 m gap there are a further two lines of inscription:

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED / _ _ _ _ _ _ AND[?] HIS SON