An old gravestone at Staplegordon Churchyard

Introduction

The photograph on this page of An old gravestone at Staplegordon Churchyard by Walter Baxter as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

An old gravestone at Staplegordon Churchyard

Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 30 Nov 2009

This old graveyard on the west side of Potholm Farm contains many fine old symbolic 18th century headstones and table tombs. This one dated 1747, displays emblems of mortality on the lower half with a skull, bones and an hourglass. A winged soul above is an emblem of immortality depicting the human soul arising to await the Day of Judgement.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
55.181128
Longitude
-3.018803