2011
NS4075 : Dumbarton Cemetery entrance
taken 15 years ago, near to Bellsmyre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
This is 1 of 2 images, with title starting with Dumbarton in this square
Dumbarton Cemetery entrance
The entrance is beside the junction of the A82 and Garshake Road.
The memorial that is directly ahead, flanked by two cherubs, is one of the first that visitors see on entering the cemetery, and is the NS4075 : Memorial of Daniel McAusland, who died of cholera in 1849.
The memorial that is directly ahead, flanked by two cherubs, is one of the first that visitors see on entering the cemetery, and is the NS4075 : Memorial of Daniel McAusland, who died of cholera in 1849.
Dumbarton Cemetery :: NS4076
The cemetery was formally opened on the 4th of October, 1854, replacing the overcrowded parish churchyard. See the Geograph article "Dumbarton Cemetery" – Link – for a detailed discussion. For biographies of many of those buried here, and for descriptions of their memorials, see Donald MacLeod's "The God's Acres of Dumbarton" (1888), and the same author's "Dumbarton: Its Recent Men and Events" (1898). By 2010, there was concern that Dumbarton Cemetery would run out of space within a decade; New Dumbarton Cemetery – Link – was subsequently created uphill from the existing cemetery, and opened at the end of December 2015.
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- Grid Square
- NS4075, 195 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 1 May, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 13 May, 2011
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4090 7594 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.0042N 4:32.9716W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 4090 7591
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
