Watch-house, Marnoch cemetery
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Watch-house, Marnoch cemetery
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 1 Jul 2017
Built "by subscription" in 1832 to guard against body-snatchers seeking fresh corpses for dissection at Aberdeen medical school, although the 1832 Anatomy Act (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_Act_1832 ) soon made it redundant. Later used as a school.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.537592
Longitude
-2.677783