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
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
Was John Taylor Scotland’s oldest man… at 137
Perched above the tiny Scottish village of Leadhills is a cemetery. At first glance it is a perfectly ordinary rural … More
Plague Grave
When the Great Plague of 1645 swept north from Edinburgh, crossing the River Forth into the Kingdom of Fife, it … More
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