They may be eerie and a little creepy, but Scotland’s often forgotten graveyards are at the centre of a new tourism boom. Sandra Dick investigates Decayed and decrepit with their eerie moss-covered ...
ROSS AND CROMARTY, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that a large cemetery estimated to be 1,400 years old has been found on Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands. Thought to have been built by the Picts, the ...
Visitors to a cemetery in Edinburgh will be escorted by council staff because of fears that unsafe headstones may fall on them. The decision was taken just days after a health and safety inspection of ...
A cluster of tightly packed cremation urns on a quiet Scottish hillside is forcing archaeologists to rethink how people died, and mourned, in the late Bronze Age. The 3,300-year-old remains, uncovered ...
SHETLAND, SCOTLAND—A possible medieval cemetery has been uncovered at a private residence on Mainland, the largest of the Shetland Islands, according to a report in The Herald. The homeowner was ...
Edinburgh is to have a new cemetery amid concerns the capital was about to run out of space for burials. Councillors have agreed plans to build a new graveyard inside Craigmillar Castle Country Park, ...
It's atmospheric ivy-covered gravestones and stunning views across the city have made it hugely popular with walkers. Now, a team of volunteers behind a cemetery in Glasgow's southside is calling on ...
Cemeteries are perceived to be solemn places; however, they can be very beautiful and significant. Most countries of the world present amazing architecture and touching art in their cemeteries, ...