After a bit of thinking and searching, I decided that it would be interesting to go to Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.
What intrigued me about this particular graveyard was the attempt to deter body snatchers, and the monuments that surrounded it. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of other neat monuments, including a mausoleum that I'm rather fond of, but something about protective iron gates over top of graves - called mortsafes - is not something you'd think to expect when going to visit a loved one.
An image of a mortsafe at Greyfriars Kirkyard
The whole idea surrounding the worry of body snatching, the process and the reactions, as morbid as it is, is something I find to be quite fascinating. Perhaps something I will look into in the future.
Wow, that is so neat. I have never thought about protecting the dead like this from the living. When I think about protection and dead, zombies, vampires, curses, etc, all pop into my head, also hiding treasures and sealing tombs like the pyramids. This is not something that has ever crossed my mind, I would be totally into studying it too (too bad it is so far away :p )
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