A table-stone in Cairngryffe Kirkyard
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A table-stone in Cairngryffe Kirkyard
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 21 Sep 2021
The legs of this old table-stone in Cairngryffe Kirkyard hold individual carvings that symbolise death. They include a grotesque skull, a bone, an hour-glass and the grave-digger’s tools. One leg shows the serpent in the Garden of Eden holding an apple from the Tree of Life. This carving seems to be a local speciality. See also Image
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Image Location
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55.627024
Longitude
-3.712178