Inscriptions on the West Side
A further inscription was added after Lady Matheson¹s death. Placed on the West side, it states: On this Monument is added the name of Dame Mary Jane Matheson who, during her husband¹s life aided him in the benevolent and philanthropic works carried out for the benefit of the Island of the Lews and its inhabitants and who during eighteen years of lonely widowhood endeavoured to fulfil the trust he had reposed on her. Died in London March 19th. Interred at Lairg, March 26th 1896. "She hath done what she could". Mark XIX, 8