st. ninians churchyard help

[hotlips houlihan]

  Hi Anne, thank you so much for doing the look up for me, its much appreciated.  Im not sure of the first of the names but Andrew Keir and Mary McGregor are definately my 3 x gt grandparents, looks like im going to have a wee trip to St Ninians, and hope the stones are still there. I actually dont live that far from there so when I do go Im willing to have a look for anyone else. and will take photos if possible.

Kate 

[Fergie38]

Kate.. If you do visit St Ninians cemetery without first contacting the Stirling Cemeteries dept, then you might have to climb the wall.
Don't worry about it though, just check through the forum for (I'm sure it was Anne who gave out) some expert advice on 'Cemetery Wall Climbing In St Ninians'.....

Cheers.

[hotlips houlihan]

  Fergie there aint NO chance of me climbing over walls not even wee ones. im too fat and too old.

Kate

[apanderson]

Guilty as charged!!  :

It's quite good fun actually Kate - you just have to think outside the box - or, to put it another way - where there's a will, there's a way!!

I 'll have a look for the other thread which explans the 'How to' and you can decide for yourself.

Anne

P.S. It's only a wee wall and a wee fence!! 

[apanderson]

Silly me!

It's at the beginning of this thread!!

Anne

[hotlips houlihan]

Ok Anne!! I believe you!! but if I get my drawers hooked on the fence........ 

Kate

[apanderson]

    

Reinforced knicker elastic then?? LOL!!

I had a wee look here: http://www.memento-mori.co.uk/72.pdf   (Page 27, Nos. 1415 & 1418)

Looks like the stone for Andrew Keir & Mary McGregor is still there and legible which is good news.

You could always pick up the key from Viewforth - I think they like a wee bit of notice but I'm sure they're well used to folk wanting in.

In the Mitchell's book I mentioned earlier, there's a wee sketch of the position of some of the stones. They've numbered this Keir stone as No. 501 and according to the sketch, it sits at the left hand side of the path, 11 rows in from the gate and should be in line with the ruin.

Anne

[hotlips houlihan]

  Hi Anne. well I chickened out of climbing the wall and went to Viewforth for the key lol.
I found one grave only and that was the one you gave me the directions for and it was spot on, it was the one for Andrew  Keir and Mary McGregor, my 3x or maybe 4x gt grandparents. there were a lot of stones that were toppled over, knowing my luck they belonged to my ancestors, but hey ho, finding one was better than none!!

Kate

[apanderson]

Great stuff Kate - I'm fair chuffed that you found the stone!

I love St. Ninians - there's always something interesting to be found.

Now that I think about it - I should have looked to see where the other stones were - what a numpty I am! 

If you're thinking about going back - give me a shout and I'll check the sketch and give you 'directions' to where the other one is in the Old Churchyard and the other one in the New Churchyard. (The New Churchyard is the one which surrounds the  'present-day' St. Ninian's Church and only has a handfull of stones left apart from a row or two of newish stones). Don't worry though - no wall climbing required to get in there!!

Anne