Betty Corrigal's grave:: OS grid ND2899 :: Geograph British Isles

ND2899 : Betty Corrigal's grave

4 km from Quoyness, Orkney Islands, Great Britain

Betty Corrigal's grave

A sad tale of an unmarried pregnant girl who committed suicide and was forbidden to be buried in consecrated ground. She was interred in an unmarked grave on a lonely moor. Long afterwards a retired customs officer erected a memorial to her at his own expense.

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1995

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Grid Square: ND2899, 6 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Peter Ward (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 18 June, 1995 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 22 March, 2006
Category: Graves (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: ND 280 997 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:52.7165N 3:15.0335W