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North Leith Cemetery The cemetery is beside the Water of Leith at Coburg Street, Leith. Broken Gravestones |
Skull and Crossbones and Hourglass
© Peter Stubbs - peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken 5 October 2005
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Broken Gravestones |
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Engravings in the upper picture The symbols engraved on the broken gravestone in the top picture include: - a skull and crossbones, reminders of the mortality of man - a horizontal hourglass, denoting a life cut short. |
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Engravings in the lower picture The broken gravestone on the right is one of several in this graveyard that featured a head on top of the headstone at one side and a skull at the other side. |
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North Leith Cemetery: Background Map More Photos |