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Gravestones within Dunglass Collegiate Church

 

 

Grave stones within Dunglass Collegiate Church

 

These are grave stones pieces possibly of a single gravestone. Part of the inscription on the stone to the right reads: Here lies Robert Simpson who died 3rd (?) Sept 166 (last figure illegible) and... The stone on the left shows an hour glass, crossed bones and a skull. It has been said that these symbols mean that the person buried there was a Knight Templar. The reason why it is thought that such grave stones have any relationship with the medieval order of the Knights Templar and Freemasonry, particularly Scottish Freemasonry, is a subject that one of our number is presently researching.

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