Sprouston Parish Churchyard
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Sprouston Parish Churchyard
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 30 Oct 2010
The churchyard contains some interesting old symbolic gravestones. The 18th century stone in the foreground to the right displays a winged soul, an emblem of immortality, with emblems of mortality below in the form of an hourglass, turf cutter and spade, and two skulls. The inscription on the reverse is:- HERE LYES JOHN TURNBULL SON TO JAMES TURNBULL TE NNANT IN LEMPIT LAW HE DIED JULLY 4 1732 HIS AGE 24 YEARS
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Image Location
Latitude
55.610687
Longitude
-2.387941