Scotland

St Fergus Old Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Visited in August 2017

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St Fergus Old Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1693 gravestone engraved in the old wall, with mortality symbols
Long way to the ruins of the kirk, the walls encircle the graves,
Walls incircling the old churchyard, and little house: Watchhouse or Morthouse to prevent bodysnatching
Graves inserted in the walls, good way to protect them, most of them from 17 and 18th C
Mortality symbols: skulls, bones, winged angels, hourglass, bells, gravedigger tools
Mortality symbols: skulls, bones, winged angels, hourglass, 
Walls of the churchyard