Tour Scotland Travel Video David Rattray Flax Spinner Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the David Rattray, Flax Spinner, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Helen Jamieson in memory of her husband, Flax Spinner, Bramble Bank, who died 23rd November, 1850, aged 58 years. Also of their five children who died in infancy. Also in memory of the above Jamieson who died 29th April, 1856, aged 59 years.

The surname Rattray is taken from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. This barony has been in their possession since the eleventh century, The Rattray estate includes the ruins of a rath tref or fort dwelling It stands on a sandy mound which is associated by local tradition with Pagan rites.

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