Sites and Monument Record: Scott's Tomb (SMR 517)

Description
Walled tomb of the Scott family. This consists of a square enclosure with tall stone walls set inside a wooded copse surrounded by drystone dykes. There are a series of inscribed tablets mounted on the walls, one of which tells the story of the site. The other tablets are of red granite. Above the entrance doorway is a stepped gablet. Until recently it was possible to trace painting on the door of a skull and crossbones.

Object detail

Site type
Site
burial
Site history notes
An inscription opposite the door reads: The site of this family Burial Place was the spot to which Margaret Dunn, wife of John Scott, Woodend, was wont to retire with a female friend for meditation and prayer. When on her deathbed in 1758, she requested her husband to bury her where she often enjoyed so much sweet communion with God. Her body, accordingly, was the first to be laid to rest in this tomb." John Scott died in 1762. The family were elders at the newly formed Erskine Church.
Site conservation date
1758
Site grid ref
NS 8040 7846
Conservation status
Georgian

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