![Gravestone, much thicker than usual, showing an inscribed female figure in 17th century garb, holding a flower and with hair in ringlets. The inscription incised in the top border reads something like:
All you young women, as you [pray?] by [this?] yo[n]
a[?] now [incontent?] Remember this [truth? tryst?] you
[xxxxx?] [by].
(c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
Other photos taken by Canmore in 1993 at https://www.trove.scot/place/65362](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rk47b7aamfjbkgzxfbxpfuvf/bafkreidg247rzv36mkeuqjutrcslvruaoh6ovytd2nico5mdvotrtxibpy)
Gravestone, much thicker than usual, showing an inscribed female figure in 17th century garb, holding a flower and with hair in ringlets. The inscription incised in the top border reads something like: All you young women, as you [pray?] by [this?] yo[n] a[?] now [incontent?] Remember this [truth? tryst?] you [xxxxx?] [by]. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston Other photos taken by Canmore in 1993 at https://www.trove.scot/place/65362
Reverse side of gravestone of Marian Cortine, 1685-1756, #Kirkbean #churchyard, Southwest #Scotland. Photographed Oct 2009.
Attempted decoding of the inscription is in the ALT text.
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