2012
NS4673 : Burial place of Buchanan of Auchentorlie
taken 12 years ago, near to Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Burial place of Buchanan of Auchentorlie
This family vault is located to the ENE of NS4673 : Old Kilpatrick Parish Church. According to the inscription on the marble tablet visible at the SW end of vault, "this tomb was restored in 1887".
The tablet also bears the dates 1600 and 1887, a crest with motto "Clarior Hinc Honos" ("henceforth the honour [shall grow ever] brighter"), and the text "in memory of the Buchanans of Auchentorlie laid here since the year 1600".
John Bruce gives a detailed account of the Auchentorlie and Dunnerbuck lands and their occupants, including a discussion of the Buchanans, on pages 202-215 of his "History of the Parish of West or Old Kilpatrick" (1893).
The present-day Auchentorlie House is in NS4374; see also NS4373 : Temple: a folly near Auchentorlie House.
The tablet also bears the dates 1600 and 1887, a crest with motto "Clarior Hinc Honos" ("henceforth the honour [shall grow ever] brighter"), and the text "in memory of the Buchanans of Auchentorlie laid here since the year 1600".
John Bruce gives a detailed account of the Auchentorlie and Dunnerbuck lands and their occupants, including a discussion of the Buchanans, on pages 202-215 of his "History of the Parish of West or Old Kilpatrick" (1893).
The present-day Auchentorlie House is in NS4374; see also NS4373 : Temple: a folly near Auchentorlie House.
Old Kilpatrick Parish Church
The church was built in 1812 on more or less the same spot as its predecessor (the latter was a pre-Reformation church; it was of great age, although the precise period in which it was built is unknown).
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- Grid Square
- NS4673, 119 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 26 May, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 8 June, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4637 7308 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.5707N 4:27.6233W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 4637 7308
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
