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St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social · 22h

Squeezing this in before the end of the day! #31DaysofGraves - Day 13, Skeleton. Of course, it had to be this cheery and dynamic fellow from the gravestone of Kirkwall merchant Patrick Prince.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 19h

Day 13 of #31DaysOfGraves - Skeleton

On the leg of a magnificent 18thC table tomb in Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh, is carved the figure of death as a skeleton, standing upon a skull, firing a dart at the soon-to-be-deceased while cutting the cord of a weight dangling over the unlucky person's head!

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

“In searching for them, you wander through the everyday fabric of a place. You see how a culture remembers its dead, and in doing so, you understand how it chooses to live.”

Interesting article exploring the growth In tourist visits to graveyards around the world 👇
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...

Tombstone tourism: Why visiting graveyards is becoming so popular

A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.

www.euronews.com

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves Day 13 skeleton. There is no full skeleton at Dunblane Cathedral graveyard, but a few skull and bones. Sadly not many of these left now either; old pics show there were more. Pic no. 3, all Dunblane Museum, is under the turf, near the entrance. The winged angel looking like ribs!

Headstone, now flat, showing heraldic shield, skull, sand timer and crossed bones.

Headstone with alien like skull and crossed bones, also date 1740 and letters H,P, A & I.

Image of old flatstone, now under turf, shows skull with arm bones and winged angel at chest.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13 of #31daysofgraves: skeleton. Believe it or not we don't have any (visible) skeletons at Warriston. So I return to where it all started for me, with a poster from a 1992 V&A exhibition that I attended as an art student in London. I later wrote my undergrad dissertation on Victorians & Death.

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Perthshire looking gorgeous in the sunshine. Glen Artney route.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfGraves day 12: notable women. The tomb of Grace Darling at St Aiden's Church, Bamburgh. Grace was the daughter of the lighthouse keeper on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast and in 1838 took part in a rescue during a storm that brought her national fame.

An elaborate Victorian tomb in a churchyard. The figure of a woman lies inside three arches that support the roof

Detail of the head of the figure. Under her mattress the stone is carved with seaweed, a reflection of Grace Darling's connection with the sea.

The same tomb in a wider shot. In the distance is the North Sea

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

#31DaysofGraves Day 12: #NotableWomen
This is the grave of Amelia Blanford Edwards. In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund . She gained the nickname "Godmother of Egyptology" for her contribution.

#Grave #Memorial #Egypt #History #Author
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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves Day 12 notable women. Miss Agnes Annand is buried here, at Dunblane Cathedral graveyard, but not named on the headstone. For over 50yrs she (and her mum) ran one of the oldest newsagents in the country, in the High St. Cared for her invalid niece and educated many orphan children.

Annand family headstone image from Dunblane Museum. Large sandstone headstone, on south side of the Cathedral, with inscription very worn away.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 2d

Day 11 of #31DaysOfGraves - Military

Many churches in Scotland house markers that once marked the graves of fallen soldiers of World War One until they were replaced by the permanent headstones erected by the (now) CWGC.

This one in Clackmannan Parish Church once marked Cpt Robert Bruce's grave.

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 3d

Another military gravestone in #HighlandRoadCemetery which gives some interesting biographical information

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: military

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Edinburgh Walks @edinburghwalks.bsky.social · 3d

#31daysofgraves Day 11 -military
The graves of at least 210 men from the 1/7th Leith (Royal Scots) killed in UK’s worst rail disaster at Quintinshill in 1915. From Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh,Scotland.
More here: www.edinburghwalks.com/the-leith-bo...

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 3d

#31daysofgraves Sergeant Albert Bayne who received Distinguished Conduct Medal. Bayne family headstone in Dunblane Cathedral graveyard. A few weeks after this article was published he was killed in action.
Content provided by British Library Board.

Headstone to Bayne family. Large grey granite stone with north side of cathedral in the background.

Article from Stirling Observer 28th March 1916 with image of Albert Bayne

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Friends of Toowong Cemetery @fotc.au · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11 - Military

Canon David John Garland, the Architect of ANZAC Day, is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking the military graves in Portion 10.

Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/dav...

Canon David John Garland's memorial in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9.

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! My current project is monument sculptures at Dunblane, as we have a great selection from all over Scotland. It's interesting to see what they have done elsewhere.

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 4d

#31daysofgraves Day 10 urn. We have a few urns at Dunblane Cathedral graveyard. This is my favourite, as I'm rather partial to a palmette or two or three! John Watson manager of Airthrey paper mill and wife Mary Coubrough. Note blue sky, at last.

Urn, on a headstone, with two styles of palmette.

Large sandstone headstone with draped urn on top, surrounded by other headstones and fencing. Trees in background and some blue sky at last!

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Hi Nancy is the monumental sculpture's name on the bottom right, and if so can you read it for me please? I love the simplicity of this, it's very effective. Many thanks.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 4d

#31daysofgraves Day 10 - Urn. In The Grange cemetery, Edinburgh, to Rachael.

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Dunblane.Info @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social · 5d

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 4d

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 5d

#31daysofgraves Day 9 hand. Dunblane Cathedral graveyard doesn't seem to have any carvings of hands, so I've opted for this epitaph instead. 'Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling.'

Elizabeth Rose beloved wife of George McIntosh died 1909 76yrs. Large grey granite headstone

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci @saraflacci.bsky.social · 5d

Hand of God

Facade of the Colson-Verstraete family chapel at Campo Santo in Ghent
#31DaysOfGraves 9 • hand
#Cemetery #Cemeteries

B/W detail of the architectural decoration above the chapel door. The large hand, descending from a cloud, holds five praying figures in its palm. Oral sources indicate that these are five children who, due to illness, all died in quick succession.

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 :Glass. A bottle left in a Fife churchyard.

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! We have magnificent stained glass in the Cathedral, but I'm aiming for headstones as much as possible this year.

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rozanderson.bsky.social @rozanderson.bsky.social · 6d

#31daysofgraves Day 8 glass. John Gauld of Glass, Banffshire, Detective Sergeant, worked in Perthshire Constabulary for almost 30yrs. Also Andrew Barlas head gardener on Glassingall estate. Died when blood vessel burst while he had a stretch! Dunblane Cathedral graveyard.

Inscription on granite headstone John Gauld born Edinglassie, Glass 29th June 1851

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