Ecclesmachan kirkyard
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Ecclesmachan kirkyard
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 8 Oct 2010
The cemetery contains more graves than meet the eye. A memorial plaque placed on the north wall of the graveyard by West Lothian Council commemorates the patients of nearby Bangour Village Hospital whose bodies were never claimed and who were buried here in unmarked graves. Although the plaque does not give a figure, internet sources suggest that it was 566. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/recognition-unmarked-graves-bangour-village-2613922
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Image Location
Latitude
55.94673
Longitude
-3.508476