HOPE
Last Sunday, whilst in Edinburgh, I revisited Greyfriars Kirkyard, where sitting on a table-tombstone I ate my sandwich lunch. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and colourful tourists … Continue reading HOPE
Tag: tombstone
This is an amateur film
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Images: my own or from archives. These images have been altered, through prompts, by AI algorithms. Music … Continue reading This is an amateur film
jumping T O M B S T O N E S
From an early age I was made aware of mortality.
One of the quietest of men
Ordnance Survey Book entry, 1859, for Castleton burial ground, Scottish Borders. Index card for St Martin’s Church [site of]: Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, 2 March 1887: The Late Mr Hardie … Continue reading One of the quietest of men
A shepherd lost in the snow
In Hownam churchyard, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, is this poignant tombstone: 23 December 1874, Edinburgh Evening News: 26 December 1874, Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser: Blindburn steading: 13 January 1875, The … Continue reading A shepherd lost in the snow
He requests of posterity
Staplegordon Burial ground, is near Langholm in the Scottish Borders. One of the tombstones in this burial ground has this interesting inscription: 1859 Ordnance Survey map: The 1859 Ordnance Survey … Continue reading He requests of posterity
‘appreciated everywhere’
Compiled from the Aberdeen Weekly, first few days of 1900.
Tuppie’s Grave
In the Ordnance Survey Book for Yetholm parish, Scottish Borders is the following entry for ‘Tuppie’s Grave‘: Here, as marked on the first edition 25″ to a mile ordnance map: … Continue reading Tuppie’s Grave