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Symbols on Reverend Kirk’s Gravestone in Aberfoyle Cemetery: Thistle, Shepherd’s crook and Dagger

Scotiana Posted on October 22, 2009 by MAJANovember 26, 2025

Mairiuna, I did made some research about the inscriptions showing on the grave of the most famous resident of the city of Aberfoyle, native clergyman Robert Kirk, born in 1644, who mysteriously disappeared in 1692.  He was considered a very eccentric man as he believed in the existence of a world inhabited by faeries, goblins and other mysterious creatures. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Folk Tales & Mysteries | Tagged Aberfoyle Cemetery, Aberfoyle Churchyard, Doon Hill, Fairy Knowe, Folk Tales & Legends, Gravestone, Rev Kirk tomb, Reverend Kirk, Robert Kirk, Scottish Funerary art | 15 Replies
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