An old symbolic gravestone at St Mary?s Churchyard, Hawick
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An old symbolic gravestone at St Mary?s Churchyard, Hawick
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 21 Feb 2017
The pressing iron and shears indicates that this is the grave of a tailor. The skull and crossed bones below are symbols of mortality while a weathered winged soul above is a symbol of immortality.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.420335
Longitude
-2.788449