Moira Campbell with her dog Rusty and friend William Robertson, who tends to the roadside grave of mystery canine Danny near Loch Glow. Moira found the grave by accident and it is now a popular shrine.

Plea to help solve mystery of forgotten grave for much-loved dog

A Fife animal lover is hoping readers of The Courier will help her solve the mystery of “Danny”.

Moira Campbell spotted an unmarked grave of someone’s obviously muchloved dog on the country road between Blairadam and Cleish last year.

Despite a huge effort to find out more, Moira is no further forward.

The tale started last year when Moira, 60, went out for a drive. She said: “I saw some cob horses and as I keep carrots in my car, I got out to feed them.

“I had to walk up a steep bank at the side of the road to get to them. It was waist high with weeds and I tripped and came down hard on my knee.”

Pulling away undergrowth, she found wooden posts and a granite memorial.

The inscription read: “In fondest memory of Danny, best friend and companion” with the date October 20, 1994 and an etching of a dog, perhaps a Scottish or West Highland terrier.

Intrigued, she and friend William Robertson returned and cleared up the site, replacing the wooden posts where they were broken, and planting bulbs.

Moira, who works in Morrisons in Cowdenbeath, set up a Facebook page to share the story, hoping to learn more.

While that has failed to provide clues it has mobilised a little army of dog lovers who ensure the grave is tidy.

There were even gifts of bulbs from a woman in America, Rowena Dexter.

Moira said: “I look at it like the story of Greyfriars Bobby, almost.

“Someone must have loved Danny so much. I’m an animal lover. I’ve had rescue dogs since I was 14, so this struck a chord. How did it come to be there?

“There are no houses nearby, so maybe this was a much-loved spot where Danny and his owner liked to walk.”

Moira, who is originally from Inverness, said friends often say she was meant to find the grave.

“I feel humble to have found it and now I feel responsible for it and I visit once or twice every week. I would love to find out more about it.”

Anyone who can shed light on Danny can visit https://www.facebook.com/ findmyowners/ or call The Courier on 01382 575666.

“Someone must have loved Danny so much. This struck a chord. MOIRA CAMPBELL

Picture: Wullie Marr Photography. Moira Campbell with her friend William Robertson and her own dog Rusty at Danny’s now welltended roadside grave near Loch Glow.