Memorial No. 60
Surname(s)PHILP, MARSHALL, FORGAN
Memorial Type (1)2
Number Commemorated 3
MaterialSandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)3 Flaking surface
Condition of Inscription (4)3 Mainly decipherable. Badly flaking, but visible text.
Dimensions in mmH 970 x W 910 x D 95
Orientation (2)2
Faces Inscribed (2)2
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
REV. JOHN PHILP DD SUPERINTENDENT OF
MISSIONS S. AFRICA IN MEMORY OF
HIS FATHER JAMES PHILP WHO DIED
29 SEP 1808 AGED 58
HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH MARSHALL
WHO DIED 5 APRIL 1822 AGED 70
ALSO JANET FORGAN SPOUSE OF OSWALD PHILP
WHO DIED ----3 JUNE 1818-
Inscription 2
(from old record 167 as memorial badly flaked)

NOTE: REV J PHILP WAS GRANDSON OF JAS. PHILP DEACON OF THE HAMMERMEN 1742-44. HE JOINED THE CONGREGATIONAL MINISTRY AND EMIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA - VARIOUS DESCENDANTS ARE MENTIONED IN "THE SCOTTISH GENEALOGIST".

(Civic Society Plaque alongside memorial)
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 05/09/1983 by D ADAMSON