NH7949 :: Watch House, Croy Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
Taken 9 years ago by John S Ross near Croy/NH7949, Highland, Scotland
Watch House, Croy Parish Church (Church of Scotland)
Such watch houses were designed to shelter men set to guard new graves against the depredations of body-snatchers.
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Subject Grid Square | NH7949 |
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Subject Lat/Long | 57.523122,-4.010854 (click to view more nearby images) |
Near | Croy/NH7949, Highland, Scotland |
Photographer | John S Ross |
Taken | 20120203 201202 2012 (about 9 years ago) |
Submitted | 2012-02-03 |
Context | Lowlands · Historic sites and artefacts · Religious sites · Burial ground, Crematorium · |
Group | Watch House · Church of Scotland · Croy Parish Church Church of Scotland · |
Term | depredations · body snatchers · |
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