This Monument Reads:
JOANNI PLAYFAIR
AMICORUM PIETAS
DESIDERIIS ICTA FIDELIBUS
QUE IPSE LOCO TEMPLUM URANIAE SUAE
OLIM DICAVERAT
HOC MONUMENTUM
POSUIT
MDCCCXXVI
MAT. VI. IDUS MART. MDCCXLVIII
OBIIT XIV KAL SEXTIL MDCCCXIX
Designed by William Henry Playfair in memory of his uncle, John Playfair (1748-1819). John Playfair was a Scottish scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.