Re: Fw: demise of the Templars???

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.org>]

>    I have been advised off-list that my earlier statement about the
>origin of the burial stone (see below) is incorrect.  The burial stone
>was found in recent times on the grounds of the castle and sometime
>later it was mounted for display in the Chapel.  The stone that
>"adorned" the gateway into the Chapel grounds is in safekeeping in
>Leith.

There was also the cross that was above the churchyard entrance archway
that was accidentally pulled down by some visitors during a holiday,
or so some locals told me.

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>

>----- Original Message -----
>"Ward Ginn" <wginn@cox.rr.com>
>says, in part:
>    According to Thompson's Guide, the burial
>stone along with others were found in the burying ground of the old St
>Matthew's Church on the hillside below the Chapel.  For years the
>burial stone was used as a decorative device over the inside of the
>gate in the north wall of the Chapel grounds.
>
>WLG
>
>

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