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The Blackness Aisle, burial place of the Wedderburns, Barons of Kingennie and Baronets of Blackness, and now the property of the Hunters of Blackness. An inscription now obliterated gave the date of erection as 1615. This is a large stone building, built out from the old wall of the Howff. It is now in a decayed condition. There is nothing to indicate its original state except the word Blackness, still legible. Places in the wall, where tablets must once have been inserted, are clearly visible. In A. C. Lamb's Guide to Remarkable Monuments in "The Howff" Source: Wedderburn Book. Sacred to the memory of Alexander Hunter of Blackness, born A.D 1710. died 1777 and was interred here, aged LXVII; also to the memory of Aemilia Gardyne, daughter of David Gardyne, Esquire of Middletoun and Lauton; and of Ann Graham of Fintry, born at Middletoun 1713, died December 1804, aged XCII years, and was also interred here. Additional note: In around 1834 the remains of the following words could still be seen:- D____ SVO EXTRVI________ Anno Domini, the presumed date was 1615. Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.
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