An old gravestone in Duns Parish Churchyard
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An old gravestone in Duns Parish Churchyard
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 12 Mar 2009
This old weathered symbolic stone displays emblems of mortality on the lower part with a skull, bones and an hourglass. The top part shows the symbols of the trade of a blacksmith with the hammer, anvil and horseshoe.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.777499
Longitude
-2.34193