Memorial No. 301         (Related memorials: 300, 302)
Surname(s)LANG, ELDER
Memorial Type (1)2 Headstone fixed to wall
Number Commemorated 2
MaterialStone, Marble
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ. Part of triple memorial in family plot.
Condition of Inscription (4)1 Mint
Dimensions in mmH 2200 x W 1200 x D 190
Orientation (2)3
Faces Inscribed (2)3
Technique of InscriptionIncised
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF
JOANNA HADDO LANG
WIFE OF GEORGE ELDER, KIRKCALDY
BORN 26TH JANUARY 1795, DIED 17TH DECEMER 1857
SHE OPENED HER MOUTH WITH WISDOM
AND IN HER TONGUE WAS THE LAW OF KINDNESS.
PROV. XXXI.26.
Inscription 2
GEORGE ELDER SENR.
BORN 1785, DIED 1ST MAY 1868
AGED 83.
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 18/09/1984 by R SHARP