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
Skull and Head
©
Peter
Stubbs -
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken 5 October 2005
Broken Gravestones |
The symbols engraved on the broken gravestone in the upper photo
include:
- a skull and crossbones, reminders of the mortality of
man
- a horizontal hourglass, denoting a life cut short.
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Lower Photo
The broken gravestone on the right in the lower photo 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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