We love cemeteries, even if we know no-one in them! To family historians we sometimes find the key information not available any-where else. Information like that about 18th century Twohill families in Kill-Saint-Ann, when Irish deaths were not recorded systematically.
Another fascinating aspect of cemeteries, and let’s be clear, I mean headstones, is the variety of heart rendering or heart felt tributes to the dead. And the changing trends or fashions of headstone decoration, and what added information these images can convey.
How sad that there are no headstones for the Buchan family. Here are some of the beautiful and interesting headstones and wall plaques to be found in Newbattle Churchyard.
A table like tombstone now nestling under a dense tree.
The figure below is on one of the legs of the table. It is the best preserved figure, perhaps being most protected by the tree.
No names remain.
