The Greyfriars Churchyard is a very important final resting place of many a famous Scott. In fact there are so many luminaries that they have a sign listing all the folks that are interred here. We had passed the gates to this graveyard a few times but never went in there as we did not know if we could get out the other side. This time we saw the gates on the uphill side were open so we went in. We were dumbfounded at the great detail and extensive amount of tombs in this graveyard. By the time we finally reached the bottom gates they were locked! Grrrrr.
Take you pick of authors, poets, mathematicians, architects, booksellers, statesmen, Kings Advocates, historians and raconteurs
A bit macabe
Very grand for a dead person
The Churchyard covers a large area
Very fancy gates
Open ...for now
A mans resting place is his castle
this could be an AirBnB
A bit creepy
The Mortsafe in action, no grave robbers here
The side of the Church
A fine topper
Domes
The wife is Janet Anne Barron or Kedrick or Bartholomew. I guess they were not sure who she actually was
Round opening to a toumb
Another entire area kept behind a lock and key
The Flodden wall was built to bolster the wall around Edinburgh because of the fear that the English would invade after the 1513 defeat of the Scotts in the battle of Flodden Field
The most elaborate tomb yet from 1676
Large parts had fallen off
Cherubs playing with skulls, don't try this at home
Rows of toumbs
Arghhh
Such incredible detail
Yikes, a scary guy
As we tried to leave the lower gates were locked!
Packed in tight
It has been 1 year and 65 days since we began our Migration
