Tag: scottishhistory

• Coffin Roads

  

  If you are ever in the Highlands of Scotland you may be able to find a coffin road. These roads were different from everyday roads and footpaths. Coffin roads were pathways in which coffins were carried from rural settlements to registered burial grounds. The task of carrying a coffin a long distance would have been…

  Ann B

  11th Sep 2022

  Graveyards & Cemeteries

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• Martyrs Monument (Stirling Old Town Cemetery)

  

  Within the grounds of Stirling Old Town Cemetery stands the Martyrs Monument. Its an impressive glass dome with two girls sitting inside, one reading the bible and the other listening, with an angel watching over them. At the girl’s feet is a lamb.

  Ann B

  2nd Sep 2022

  Graveyards & Cemeteries

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