All Cemeteries and Burial Grounds in Scotland

The Old Kirk Yard has more than 430 memorial and grave stones naming more than 1400 individuals. Of these 1400, some 150 people are recorded as dying before 1855 and therefore before statutory death registration was introduced to Scotland. These gravestone inscriptions could be the only record of their very existence. The inscriptions are an extremely valuable record of the Read more...

It could almost be a question in a trivia quiz: “Name the monument on a Scottish island that is owned by the National Trust for Australian (New South Wales).” But as you are reading this on a page about the Macquarie Mausoleum, in Gruline on the Isle of Mull, there are no prizes for correct answers. For obvious practical reasons Read more...

The Necropolis, Glasgow’s Victorian City of the Dead, is a vast and grand cemetery modeled on Père-Lachaise in Paris. Described as one of the most significant cemeteries in Europe, it is a major visitor attraction and patrolled by Park Rangers. Heritage Trail maps are available to guide the visitor to the memorials and tombs of some of Glasgow’s most eminent Read more...

Burial site for many Frasers of Lovat. Read more...

Many fine old gravestones made from local slate. Read more...