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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALCOLM CANMORE'S GRAVE | Malcolm Canmore's Grave Malcolm Canmore's Grave Malcolm Canmore's Grave |
Rev. [Reverend] P. Chalmers Provost Beveridge Mr D. Elder (Beadle) |
035 | [Situation] In the Nave of the Abbey Church Two broken slabs of different Tombstones marK in the centre of the nave of the Old Abbey church, the spot according to Winton and several other historians, where Malcolm, his Queen and there two sons, Edward and Ethelred were buried, Queen Margaret's remains were [translated] from here about 1250, and it is stated that Malcolm's were exhumed and taKen along with her's in the same chest, notwithstanding it is considered by some that his remains still lie here and that the description given by Hay. of Malcolm's translation is a mere Monkish legend. Rev. [Reverend] P. Chalmers is of an oppinion that malcolm's remains were removed with his Queen's, |
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[Note] -- See Notes for Royal Burying Place in an adjoining page
[Note] -- It is the place of interment of Malcolm Canmore's two sons
& was discovered by the Revd [Reverend] P Chalmers when the pavement of
the Church was relaid, Two stone Coffins in which the remains
were found are still preserved, Mr Chalmers wrote a report
on the matter which he read before the Antiquarian Society of
Edinburgh & his views were considered correct. It is well
Known that Malcolm Canmores remains rest in the same tomb with those
of Queen Margaret at the East end of the Church. -- [Initialled] G.V.
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