Watch-house and mort-safe, Cadder Parish Church
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Watch-house and mort-safe, Cadder Parish Church
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 28 Nov 2020
Dating from the early 19th century, this heavy cast iron mort-safe would be placed over newly buried graves for several days as a precaution to prevent corpses being stolen by "Resurrectionists" and sold to medical schools for anatomical dissection. Relatives and church office-bearers would also mount a guard from the watch-house, which is included in the listing for the Category B listed church http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB22271.
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