Cairneyhill Historic Graveyard
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Cairneyhill Historic Graveyard
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 24 Sep 2019
Information board about the Resurrectionists, a 'profession' that arose from the need for human bodies for study and dissection by trainee medics in the 18thC, at the entrance to Cairneyhill graveyard. There are also some old [17thC] gravestones in the graveyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.060462
Longitude
-3.525442