Gairnside Graveyard

I walked up to this small, very old graveyard to photograph a couple of gravestones for a cousin who is doing work on family history. I got the photos he was looking for and whilst I was there I saw this rather sad headstone. The writing was so clear, compared with many of the other stones and I was taken by the description of the 12 year-old Donald John Farquharson ... 'a most dutiful and affectionate child'.

[*lynn]

Unusual and interesting gravestone ... lots of information on it.

[Kathy A]

The writing is amazingly clear, so sad

[Casablanca]

Oh gosh, how poignant

[Christina]

Beautiful shot - life was harsh back then!

[Wylie]

Life was very hard. lovely shot.

[Hazel]

I'm quite fond of perusing gravestones and thinking about the families.....

[Diana]

So well captured yet very sad indeed.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely and sad

[Babs]

So sad

[Julie Duncan]

Sweet and poignant.

[Sarah Bremner]

So touching.

[LManning (Laura)]

A very touching capture.

[Krista Marson]

I like that old script

[Judith Johnson]

Yes very clear considering the age of the stone. I'm glad he was dutiful, how unusual to be described in this way!

[bkb in the city]

Great find and capture

[Margaret Brown]

So sad but nice it’s still ledgeable

[Milanie]

How nice to find it so legible - so many aren't

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You can feel the depth of their heartbreak- he was a special boy.

[Islandgirl]

Wow that is beautiful!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful. Sad it was such a young person.

[eDorre]

Lovely and poignant

[Pat Knowles]

So very moving…Donald was obviously a model child …strange how the word love is not mentioned though…..it would be the formal times he lived in I expect! Lovely engraving means he can always be talked about down the years!
I love graveyards!

[haskar]

Beautifully captured. Whenever I go around children's graves, I get cramps.

[Leslie]

really tells his story ....gone to soon