This headstone is for William and Margaret Linent. The date at the top reads 1687. The headstone is curiously broken into boxes or compartments, with the faces of Margaret and William at the top, Then we have the millstone on the left below William. It may represent his occupation. It is not clear what the two items to the left of the millstone are. If William was a miller, perhaps the long finger-like object was a rolling pin or the pin of the rind that held the millwheels together. Across the bottom are typical symbols for death: a skull, sod cutter and hourglass.
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