Cramond Church, graveyard Detail of tombstone of Robert Haig
SC 537374
Description Cramond Church, graveyard Detail of tombstone of Robert Haig
Catalogue Number SC 537374
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 38686
Scope and Content Headstone, Cramond Churchyard, Cramond Glebe Road, Cramond, Edinburgh Cramond Church, standing in a woodland setting on the hill above Cramond village, was built in 1656 on the site of a medieval church which had become ruinous. It incorporates the 15th-century tower from the earlier building at its west end. This unnamed headstone dates from the early 18th century. It has two primitive figures of weeping women on either side of a tree, and a skull, the symbol of death. The stone is inscribed: 'repaired by Robert Haig and Sons, Upper Cramond, 1827'. Many of the earlier headstones in Cramond churchyard are carved with images of the 'Green Man', depicted with a human or cat-like face, ugly teeth, protruding tongue and greenery sprouting from the cheeks, forehead, nose or mouth. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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