Eddleston Church - Latin incriptions are fairly uncommon

Mural monument attached to the church at Eddleston

Headstones made of slate, Ballachullish

Kilmore, Skye

Kilmuir, Skye

The inscription in incomplete. The deceased son drowned before he had paid the mason.

Adam and Eve stone, Lyne Kirk

Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey - Adam and Eve stone

Dryburgh Abbey

Temple, Midlothian

Newly uncovered grave marker

Jedburgh Abbey

Jedburgh Abbey

Jedburgh Abbey

The light in this aisle was magical!

Jedburgh Abbey

By coincidence, Lord Robert died 4th August 1692. 317 years ago.

Great sadness in Tranent Parish Church graveyard

Tranent Parish Church

Detail of carvings on the legs of an ancient tablestone

Tranent, Haddingtonshire

A selection of magnificently carved gravestones

Newlands Church

Stobo Church gravestones

A local soldier, John Noble who died 1823 has a gravestone with a carving of him carrying his musket.

Stobo Church, Peeblesshire

The church of St Mungo (or Kentigern) at Stobo dates from the 12th century. 

Penicuik, Midlothian

Tower of St. Kentigern's Church - dating back to c 1600's near the site of an earlier church dating back to the 1100's.

Penicuik, Midlothian

A collection of gravestones

Penicuik, Midlothian

The Sexton's tools - emblems of mortality


A very sad winged soul - emblem of immortality


Penicuik churchyard has some great headstones!

Smiling skeleton of Port Menteith

This is the happiest skeleton I have come across on a gravestone!

These carvings are on the tablestone below.

Port of Menteith tablestone