For securing the dead
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For securing the dead
Image: © James Allan Taken: 2 Apr 2008
This substantial stone building on the north side of Crail cemetery was erected in 1826 (just at the time the infamous Burke and Hare were active in Edinburgh) to keep the bodies of recently deceased parishioners safe from the activities of the so-called 'resurrectionists' who were at that time prone to steal corpses to sell to the medical profession.
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Image Location
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