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The Howff – Convener’s Stone

Explorers of Dundee’s famous Howff will discover that not every stone within the cemetery marks a tomb. One, tucked away … More

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Crawford Priory Mausoleum

In death you would expect others to leave you in peace. However, that does not appear to have been the … More

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Tayport’s grave of the ‘unknown bairn’

The identity of Tayport’s ‘unknown bairn’ is a mystery that has endured for over half a century and looks set … More

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Royal Pet Cemetery

Hidden away in the grounds of Glamis Castle, in Angus, is a tiny pet cemetery, the final resting place of … More

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Dundee’s cemetery of plague, pestilence and infant mortality

Dundee was not a place to be growing up in the mid-19th century, a time when the city had the … More

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