2 thoughts on “Burials in Elie Churchyard (by David Thomson)”
Alan Crombie
Very, very interesting and certainly shows the massive shift in occupations over the intervening 200 years. Was intrigued by the Dunbar stones which are mentioned frequently – is this a significant gravestone? I think the town of Dunbar is mentioned – do bodies which went in the water close to Dunbar eventually wash up in Elie?
According to David Thomson’s book Elie Kirk. ‘The Dunbar Stones formerly stood on pillars 13 yards from the south dyke and 8 from the east. Two stones brought from Dunbar to the memory of those who lay beneath who were from Dunbar and were drowned in a vessel not far off Elie, before 1799.’
Very, very interesting and certainly shows the massive shift in occupations over the intervening 200 years. Was intrigued by the Dunbar stones which are mentioned frequently – is this a significant gravestone? I think the town of Dunbar is mentioned – do bodies which went in the water close to Dunbar eventually wash up in Elie?
According to David Thomson’s book Elie Kirk. ‘The Dunbar Stones formerly stood on pillars 13 yards from the south dyke and 8 from the east. Two stones brought from Dunbar to the memory of those who lay beneath who were from Dunbar and were drowned in a vessel not far off Elie, before 1799.’