Knockando kirkyard
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Knockando kirkyard
Image: © Martyn Gorman Taken: 6 Sep 2007
The small building was originally a watch house built in the early 1800s. This was a shelter for men guarding newly buried bodies to prevent them being stolen by grave robbers to be sold to the anatomists in the medical schools in Aberdeen. The building now serves as a small, free standing chapel.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.468136
Longitude
-3.358715