2010
NS9935 : Symington: the graveyard watch-house
taken 14 years ago, near to Symington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Symington: the graveyard watch-house
This old building, dating to around 1800, lies on the edge of the kirkyard at Symington Kirk. It was built to provide shelter for men watching over new burials so as to prevent their theft by grave-robbers. Corpses were in great demand in the major anatomy schools in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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