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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHAWlS MONUMENT Shaw's Monument
Shaw's Monument
Shaw's Monument
Rev. [Reverend] P. Chalmers
Mr Kilgour
Inscription on Monument
035 [Situation] On the W. [West] side of the Nave of the Abbey church
In the north west Corner of the Nave of the old church, stands a monument to the memory of William Shaw, Architect to James the sixth, and Chamberlain to his Queen Anne of Denmark, "who caused this monument to be erected to perpetuate the remembrance of this most excellent and upright man, lest his virtues which deserve eternal commendation should fail or decay by the death or mortality of his body, He died 18th April 1602", On his monument is a lengthened description in Latin, "and in the centre a block of white marble having the name William Shaw cut in block relief letters, interlacing each other and passing over and within one another, yet all distinct and easily traceable, and the whole contained within the compass of one square foot," -- Abridged from Chalmers' Hist [History] of Dunfermline Page 488.

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For situation see Town Plan - http://maps.nls.uk/view/74415326

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