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Scottish Kirkyards (Paperback)
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Scottish Kirkyards (Paperback)
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You Save R74 (13%)
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The Scottish kirkyard has been vastly underrated as a place of
historical importance, offering a wealth of information to the
visitor or local historian. Within its confines can be found
Pictish symbol stones, medieval sculpture, eighteenth century folk
art and ruins of ancient kirk buildings. Here, Dane Love
investigates kirkyards from all over Scotland and reveals the
stories within them. The author examines the role of the kirkyard
in the Scottish community, from being the parish market place where
law-breakers were imprisoned in the 'jougs' to the days when the
body-snatchers stole corpses and the more tranquil times when
kirkyards became Victorian 'gardens of death'. He explains the
meanings of carvings on the tombs, relates the traditional burial
customs of Scotland, and, in a useful appendix, shows the visitor
where to look for the graves of famous Scots. Scottish Kirkyards
shows how the social history of an entire area can be compressed
into a single plot of land.
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