Skull detail, Covenanter's Gaol

Category

Library Item

Item no

12762

Title

Skull detail, Covenanter's Gaol, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Description

A skull and a bone are carved onto a wall in the Covenanter's Gaol in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Above the skull the words momento mori are carved.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Greyfriars Kirkyard, or Graveyard, is the burial ground of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. It houses the graves of many notable historical figures including the poet Allan Ramsay, the geologist James Hutton and the architect William Adam. In 1679 several hundred Covenanters were imprisoned in the Kirkyard awaiting trial.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Stone carvings

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Religion > Religious facilities > Churchyards

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