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whom we commandeered at his trade of shoe:
:making, A merry old soul with ruddy colouring
and a keen appreciation of a joke.

Canisbay Church.
I do not think the present church falls within
the period of our inventory. In plan it is
cruciform, with a tower at the West end
finished with an ordinary spanroof. In appear:
:ance it much resembles the church at Dunnet.
A number of
interesting old tombstones are exposed in the
surrounding graveyard.
Some 50'. S. [South] of the E [East] end of the church is
a flat slab bearing a plain Latin cross on a
graduated base. The cross measures in extreme
length 3'.9 1/2" and in breadth 1'.8".
Above the cross is a shield charged with three
crowns of four points (1 and 2) between
the initials F. G. Around the edge of
the stone runs the following inscription, in relief. "HEIR
LIES. FINDLAY GROT IN DUNCA(N)SBY QUHA DEPART
IT 18 DAY OF MAII 1601. SPES ALTERA VITE.
There is also cut on the stone in incised
lettering the initials D G and E G with the
date 1789.
Against the S [South] wall of the graveyard there
has been erected a slab inscribed to the

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