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Scottish gravestones, the Glossary

Index Scottish gravestones

The Scottish or Lowland Scottish gravestone is unique to the north of the British Isles.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Betty Willsher, British Isles, Bronze Age, Cairn, Cemetery, Chambered cairn, Churchyard, Coffin, County of Flanders, Death, Dreghorn, Gravestone, Heraldic badge, Holy Land, Iron Age, John Strawhorn, Mesolithic, Monumental inscription, Neolithic, Normans, Paleolithic, Perceton, Reformation, Saxons, Scotland, Scottish Lowlands, Scottish Reformation, Thomas Reid's tombstone, Tomb, Wapenshaw, Weapon.

  2. Headstones
  3. Monuments and memorials in Scotland
  4. Visual and material culture of Scotland

Betty Willsher

Elizabeth "Betty" Cameron Willsher MBE (12 December 1915 – 25 February 2012) was an early years child psychologist and educationalist, lecturer, children's author, historian, preservationist and noted Scottish Gravestones researcher, recorder, authority and writer.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. Scottish gravestones and cairn are burial monuments and structures.

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Cemetery

A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

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Chambered cairn

A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed.

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Churchyard

In Christian countries a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself.

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Coffin

A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation.

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County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.

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Death

Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Dreghorn

Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock.

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Gravestone

A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. Scottish gravestones and gravestone are burial monuments and structures and stone monuments and memorials.

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Heraldic badge

A heraldic badge, emblem, impresa, device, or personal device worn as a badge indicates allegiance to, or the property of, an individual, family or corporate body.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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John Strawhorn

John Strawhorn (May 1922 – 7 August 1997) was a Scottish educator and historian.

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Mesolithic

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Monumental inscription

A monumental inscription is an inscription, typically carved in stone, on a grave marker, cenotaph, memorial plaque, church monument or other memorial.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.

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Perceton

Perceton is a medieval settlement and old country estate in North Ayrshire, Scotland, near the town of Irvine.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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Saxons

The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons, were the Germanic people of "Old" Saxony (Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Lowlands

The Lowlands (Lallans or Lawlands,; place of the foreigners) is a cultural and historical region of Scotland.

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Scottish Reformation

The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland.

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Thomas Reid's tombstone

Thomas Reid D.D. (1710–1796), was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and founder of the Scottish common sense movement in philosophy. Scottish gravestones and Thomas Reid's tombstone are Headstones.

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Tomb

A tomb (τύμβος tumbos) or sepulcher (sepulcrum.) is a repository for the remains of the dead. Scottish gravestones and tomb are burial monuments and structures.

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Wapenshaw

A wapenshaw or wapinshaw (from the Old English for "weapon show") was originally a gathering and review of troops formerly held in every district in Scotland.

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Weapon

A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill.

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See also

Headstones

Monuments and memorials in Scotland

Visual and material culture of Scotland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_gravestones