Longforgan Parish Churchyard - Perth & Kinross, Scotland - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

The village of Longforgan is situated in the south-eastern Perthshire, some five miles to the west of the city of Dundee, and by-passed to the north by the A90 dual-carriageway between Perth and Dundee. A church was founded here by St Modwenna who died in 521, and a church was built on the current site in 1400. When this building fell into disrepair in 1894, a new church was built on its site, incorporating the 1690 built tower of the original into the west gable.

The graveyard on the site is largely to the south, on the opposite side from the Main Street. It features gravestones from the 16th to 20th century, most of the older ones being unreadable. A newer cemetery has been extended south of here, linked from the churchyard by a lychgate.

The featured gravestone lies slightly south-west of the church and reads as follows:

'ERECTED
BY
ROBERT McNAUGHTON AND HIS WIFE
ELISABETH SUTHERLAND
IN MEMORY OF THEIR CHILDREN
HELEN
DIED 18th APRIL 1873
AGED 17 1/2 YEARS
DAVID
WHO DIED 29th APRIL 1873 AGED 6 YEARS
CHARLES
WHO DIED 29th APRIL 1873 AGED 9 MONTHS
THE ABOVE ROBERT McNAUGHTON
WHO DIED 3td JUNE 1893 AGED 63 YEARS
ELISABETH SUTHERLAND WIFE OF THE
ABOVE ROBERT McNAUGHTON DIED ON 8th MARCH
1917 AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM McNAUGHTON
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE KILLED IN ACTION
IN FRANCE 19th JULY 1918 AGED 19 YEARS
AND GORDON JOHN McNAUGHTON
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE MISSING IN ACTION ON
THE SOMME FRANCE 18th AUGUST 1916 AGED 19 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH McNAUGHTON
WHO DIED 5th AUGUST 1953'

Name of church or churchyard: Longforgan Parish Church Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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