Symbolic stone at Roxburgh Parish Church
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Symbolic stone at Roxburgh Parish Church
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 17 Oct 2007
One of three symbolic stones built into the north external wall of the church by the main door. The emblems of mortality are a death's head as a reminder that death comes to everyone, an hourglass in a horizontal position indicating the passing of time, and a single bone completes the stone. (Source of emblem information: Understanding Scottish Graveyards by Betty Willsher).
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