Memorial No. 15 (a)         (Related memorials: 15B)
Surname(s)WATSON, CRAN
Memorial Type (1)2
Number Commemorated 4
MaterialStone, Sandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)3 Falling apart
Condition of Inscription (4)4 Traces. Inscribed on front and reverse sides. Last date is illegible in main inscription. Top inscription is illegible.
Dimensions in mmH 1060 x W 910 x D 190
Orientation (2)2
Faces Inscribed (2)2
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
17 IC HW 91
TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN
WATSON DIED OCTR 19TH
1777 AGED 76 YEARS
IAMES CRAN HER HUSBAND
DIED SEPR 26TH 1790 AGED 86 YEARS
IAMES CRAN THEIR GRANDSON
DIED MARCH 7TH 1790 AGED 12 YEARS
HE WAS A BRIGHT PLANT CROPT
IN THE BUD
Inscription 2
JOHN CRAN DIED
NOVR 27 1798 AGED 19 YEARS



TOP INSCRIPTION
THIS BURIAL GROUND IS 8 BREADTH
AND ONE LENGTH
Notes

(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed

Information recorded 04/08/1982 by W & E MATHIESON