Exploring Glasgow Necropolis - Scotlands city of the dead

[@marthavanbeek-putters]

Bedankt

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thanks again Martha, thats fantastic!

[@RHR-221b]

@@deadgoodwalks Braw Martha! 🕊

[@barry.w.christie]

Welcome to my playground ... I spent my entire childhood playing in the Necropolis (born in 1966), mainly at the far end from where you came in over The Bridge Of Sighs, not The Bridge Of Souls as some refer to it (even a quick check on Google maps would show the correct name). I lived at 8 Firpark Terrace, a U shaped tenement building with the (gable) ends of the U against the boundary wall ... I could've jumped out our living room window into the Gravy (as we called it). There was a forested section there in my youth where we spent most of the time playing, with rope swings, death slides and dens ... we used to boil eggs in the old flower urns from the dump ... another favourite place to play was The Ivy, the cliff face covered in ivy. The round tomb you visited at 4:45, was called The Seven Brothers grave for some reason, I can't recall why ... I was a bit disappointed that you only covered about half of the Necropolis, but enjoyed what you did cover.

[@sarahdavidson8344]

The bridge you walk over is called the bridge of souls. And the building was where all the bodies where held until the monuments where erected. Born in Glasgow. Been there many times :)

[@janetslicer3637]

Thank you for giving us that important information. It makes sense and gives the observer a point of reference they wouldn't otherwise have. Good on you Sarah! Janet Kirkwood (Scottish) Slicer

[@sarahdavidson8344]

@@janetslicer3637 there are also a few graves that were designed by the famous Scottish artist Charles Rennie Macintosh and there is one mass paupers grave from a children’s home that I was told Billy Connolly pays to upkeep as well :)

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks

[@derekheeps1244]

It IS popularly known and referred to as the 'Bridge of Sighs' including by many members of the clergy ; I reside here too and attend regular memorial services there .

[@Thomas-yy6rm]

Siriusly no way hosea😮😇

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

The nicest sunniest Scotland morning for cemetery seeing.🤩

[@janetslicer3637]

What an incredible cemetery! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to come along with you and see these massive monuments. I don't think there were two that were the same!

[@Chasepalmer1885]

Thank you!great video! hopefully one day you can make it back and give some backstory’s on some of the people.

[@Kenneth1Roark]

Thank you so much for all your work. I’ve subscribed for a while. Your relaxed presentation and comments, make your videos, enjoyable to watch. Thank you sir.

[@grannybee]

This cemetery is so impressive. The monuments are all so gigantic. They are also so unique. Fantastic.

[@Simon-ho6ly]

thats more the millionaires row side of the cemetery, there are other areas that are far more normal

[@patricialamb3205]

Another great walk.The craftsmanship that went into those monuments is fantastic.So much detail in the carvings and iron work.I bet there's not many craftsmen today that could match them .🇨🇦❤️

[@DeanWinchester12345]

Visit Indian ancient temples, which are 1000s of years old and have carvings more detailed and more beautiful than shown in the video

[@marion370]

Wow, beautiful monuments & beautiful place to be laid to rest.. Lovely views too .Thanks for braving the cold to bring us another awesome walk Dan 👍🏻

[@susiecross3174]

Dan, BRAVO! THANK YOU AGAIN!🥰

[@angelachouinard4581]

So lovely to see how much work they've put into it. I was in Glasgow in the mid 90's. I visited the cathedral and was talking to one of the docents, an older lady and asked her about the cemetery. She told me it was closed and gated off then leaned in and quietly said "But if you're keen and up to it, there's a wee hole in the fence". I'll never forget her!. I got through the "wee hole" and spent several hours. Much was overgrown and it looked like homeless were kipping in some of the tombs. Later on a friend there told me a group had formed to support and care for it and give tours. That one tomb where you went through the Keep Out fence I remember clearly. Thanks for this. Completely worth subscribing

[@Blu_65]

There must have been a lot of wealthy people back in the day. Those monuments are huge! Thanks Dan 😊

[@elizabethmckelvie5418]

Many of these people were the Tobacco Barons….and made their wealth from world wide trading….linked of course to the history of slavery

[@Simon-ho6ly]

some are nobility, some are traders as said below.. but once you get off that front hill the monuments are far more normal size

[@marthavanbeek-putters]

This walk was very impressive and the cemetary is also very beautiful. Nice view for the dead over Glasgow. Thank you for making this walk. Martha

[@deadgoodwalks]

Glad you enjoyed it Martha, shame I couldn't tell you more about the place but as you said it was a nice walk x

[@dm607]

I can only imagine how they got those mega monuments up there and erected! The fenced off one was erected in 1842 for Major Archibald Douglas Monteath, then his brother James Monteath Douglas joined him in 1850. I think there was a fund raiser around 2016 to try to restore it, but it doesn't look like much happened! Could you stand closer to, or zoom in to, the plaques for us to read please Dan? Thanks for this chilly walkabout. Deb of Oz.

[@krissymarie5211]

I love these beautiful cemeteries you go to ..and it’s my birthday today so I’m enjoying some of your videos today and hanging with some amazing friends and family ❤

[@joelhurley2678]

What beautiful Monuments Dan thank you so much for sharing. I sent that your video to my cousin who is from from Glasgow and has moved to America years ago. What an interesting cemetery, thank you so much for taking the time to show it.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Hi Dan what a interesting place to visit. And oh no I missed your stream. 🥰🥰 Each monument as its own individual and unique style.

[@trudystocks3885]

Amazing footage as always dan thanku for all you do for us all

[@TheYeti308]

Tremendous display of craftsmanship , Outstanding Stone Masons .

[@emilyjayne77]

Hey there! I’ve really enjoyed watching this 🪦🪦🪦 I can’t wait for those beautiful crispy winters days 🩵

[@cherylschantz9893]

I love how there are so many unique headstones. Thanks for the virtual tour!

[@allisondrummond951]

I love Scotland thanks for doing another walk through in Scotland Dan

[@martinkirby3100]

The views are absolutely stunning

[@violetdreams1799]

very cool place Dan! people leave any number of things to show they visited a grave..stones and coins seem to be the most popular, seen all over the world 💗 i slept today and missed the stream, long hard week 😴... great place! thanks for the tour ✌️☕

[@brendakrieger7000]

Very pretty place! I very much appreciate you sharing this amazing location🪦💜

[@JohnDoe-px4ko]

A very impressive cemetery - shows the wealth of some of Glasgow’s citizens back in the day.

[@jameshallsworth7610]

Another fine walk Dan, thank you for braving the cold! Looking forward to more walks in the future.

[@willowmist9564]

They should have a tour guide to take people around and talk about some of the amazing plots. Small fee could be used for upkeep there.💖

[@SilverSparkles22]

They do or at least used to do guided walks

[@jdearing46]

Drymen is a village in Scotland was once a poplar stopping place for cattle drivers. Duncan Mcfarlan was minister of the village church and principal of the University of Glasglow.

[@johnhasbullahbeck7941]

It sure is bro and situated the other side of the campsie hills in between them n the trossachs 😉 everytime a worked that neck it was always raining and we would laugh when we seen the sign 😂🤣😂 west coast for ya

[@jazzman1626]

I might be remembering it wrongly, but isn’t it pronounced “Drimin”? Also where in Glasgow is this cemetery. It is magnificent! And this video shows it off beautifully. The quality of light is fantastic. And that amazing blue sky wow!

[@elizabethmckelvie5418]

I m a Glaswegian…I truly regret not visiting when younger….and now not fit enough to climb those hills. Imagine being interred in one of those grand graves and spending all of the afterLife looking over your beloved city…sorry just dreaming😊

[@alcom3101]

Beau Travail🔬🍀Toujours un Moment de Détente🎬Alex France🙏🌌

[@Jkk55]

The monuments are very grand some money went into producing them I like where it's situated looking over the City. Great stuff thank you.

[@grant72]

Just Imagine years ago horses carting the stone to the cemetery and the stonemasons crafting then assembly of the Stone Amazing

[@juncube8391]

A beautiful cemetery in Scotland! Had a fantastic journey.

[@christinecowley3120]

Great video! Amazing! Been to Scotland many times….never been to Glasgow. I do hope the inscriptions on the graves are recorded somewhere, it would be such a pity if that info got lost over time.

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

Beautiful elegant lattice gates, especially azure ones. This is the first time I've seen this in these places. Usually either black or had become rusty.

[@shirleyn546]

Very impressive. Thank you, great tour. Nice day for it too. Drymen is a Scottish village, so Google told me

[@laurelahlstrom8749]

Beautiful !! Thank you, DEAD GOOD WALKS, for this walk about !

[@chiasanzes9770]

I believe Drymen is a village or a town near Loch Lomond. I'm planning for a long term hike on West Highland Way and Great Glen Way in August 2023. I saw a place name Drymen on a trail map.

[@susanbrowne5544]

What an incredible cemetery, there must have been a lot of wealthy people. Well worth a visit.

[@em6577]

I love the charles tennant statue..i knew his name..googled it..a chemist and bleaching powder inventor... i love these walks..so peaceful, thankyou❤

[@iamsorennn]

14:41 Nice view for the dead and also for the families who visited before. Some of the gravestone was made by local architect, Alexander 'Greek' Thomson and a very handsome Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Watching from a long way country, Philippines. Thank you for sharing the place of glasgow necropolis.

[@Sandra-dm8rd]

Coins are left to show someone visited. On nonmilitary headstones coins, especially pennies, are favored by those who wish to demonstrate that the deceased has not been forgotten. A nickel means you went to school together, a dime that you worked together and a quarter that you were there when they died. Coins are also symbolic on military graves.

[@kamicokrolock]

To answer the question about the coins. leaving coins as offerings to the dead goes back to ancient times. The idea was that the souls of the departed could pay the ferry man on their journey through the underworld with them.

[@brendakrieger7000]

I'd love to go walking through there Really enjoyed all the vivid colors and beautiful monuments🪦💜💛💚

[@TB-sh9lf]

I’ve got Glaswegian ancestors buried there. It’s beautiful place.

[@peterschwegmann3098]

Very stunnning

[@mariecoyle3247]

The Minister of Drymen, pronounced Drimmen,, is a small village in central Scotland.

[@chrysanthemum3065]

Really appreciate you! Thanks so much. 🙏🏻💀

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thats lovely, thank you so much x

[@pmajudge]

WOW !!! IMPRESSIVE ! HUGE ! HUGE ! R.I.P. TO THOSE SOULS . FROM, U.K. (2023).

[@janbellflower6361]

What a beautiful entrance

[@10beachbum22]

Thank you for braving the cold!

[@sandramiller6893]

You are in the Eastern necropolis, there is one in the north /west of Glasgow also , this one is where the wealthy were buried

[@hermiendrridder875]

😂 Keep out! And what do you do, go in to see why you must keep out, but that place is beautiful, thanks for the walk, stay save our brave soul💜

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Nice video - an interesting part of the city.

[@ClaudiaMorán-l9v]

Esto es una de las cosas más hermosas que he visto en mi vida.....hay momentos de este video que yo he visto en sueños. Saludos de México❤❤

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

How inventive and simple: the bright painted gates of the vaults.

[@davekrochenski]

man I could get lost in the history of a place like that... Nothing like that around my neck of the woods.

[@heatherklick3667]

No CC so I am sad😢 chemo took my hearing! Love your site.

[@deadgoodwalks]

Sorry learn that. I've enabled them but youtube doesn't always publish them as its automatic unless I type them manually but I don't have time to be honest. I'll email them to report the problem.

[@heatherklick3667]

@@deadgoodwalks thanks. Just found your ace a few days ago. Love it. So interesting and creepy. You. Seem to have gone all over the world to show us things we would never get to see without your dedication.

[@WestTNWeather]

Beautiful place!

[@alankerr2479]

Another spectalular place

[@jennycampbell5236]

Fascinating. It’s like a giant has left all his toys scattered around. I would love to see a drone video of this cemetery.

[@chocolatnoir1108]

it is so amazing❤ so clean. I wonder if they trim the grass regularly. it must be a quite of a job😅👌🏾 and those memorials are huge I wonder how strong the foundations are😮👍🏾 no tilted memorials seen.

[@EllenCFarmGirl]

Absolutely beautiful ❤

[@susannblevins4851]

Each denomination of coin has a meaning of respect when left at a grave.

[@glitterysparkles2415]

I was there the other day. I walked half way up and gave up because I have a dodgy knee. wish I'd kept going

[@deidrablackstone5094]

My last name has a Mac at the beginning, MacGillieMhoire, since been reduced, to Gilmore, anyways means "Servent of Mary" when you see last name Mac, the person's were figures in the Church. Great videos.

[@jhunt5357]

What a MAGNIFICENT place!!!

[@bertvsrob]

beautiful location

[@UCK1994]

Hallo. Warum steht bei euch nicht das Geburtsjahr drauf nur der Todesjahr wie bei uns in Deutschland beides?

[@Moneytane1976]

Love this, seems the Scots really loved big over the top headstones like Italians and in NZ - Pacific islanders. Ironic these are always the poorest groups who spend the most on death. Love too how low the sun is there, I mean its winter here and we have a low sun - but that is crazy like 10 degrees above the horizon.

[@chrysanthemum3065]

OOO, I like this one a lot! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Pstanich]

Breathtaking

[@lisaireland7261]

It is 23.37 on your video clearly hear a voice and no one near you at the time.

[@gailjohnson2795]

Coins can mean you visited or that you knew the person often left on military stones.

[@Rocwallaby]

John 19:28-30 ‘it is finished’ was the final words spoken by Jesus on the cross.

[@elizabethmckelvie5418]

Drymen s an area outside of northern Glasgow

[@jayne5196]

I would luv to see Scotland!!

[@karenweaver134]

I’m very curious….when the stones are back to back like this dose that mean the grave itself is front of the stone?

[@warrenreddaway5734]

Does look cold. But yes, a very decent horn😊

[@RobertHowe-f5z]

The monuments are true works of art !

[@javidrashed2553]

Under cliff cemetery Bradford mill owners big grave

[@briannelson1784]

Was born and brought up 5 minutes from here in Alexandra parade Christened in Glasgow cathedral in1948. My old primary school golfhill primary sadly in a bad state of disrepair now just over the hill from here been in the cemetery loads of time fortunately not yet for the last time. As a side note the latest Batman movie closing shots of Batman on his motorcycle we’re filmed in the cemetery. The bridge is locally called the echo bridge Title self explanatory

[@sylviaburns2995]

Land of Giants here!!!

[@Staffo1972]

The grave marker celtic cross are all ways cool

[@vowxhing]

I know it’s time to reevaluate my choices when life/work is too busy to catch a Dead Good Walks video 😵‍💫🤣

[@deadgoodwalks]

Same....only I have to make them too ha x

[@DavidSmith-jp7fo]

Duncan MacFarlane's grave @ 9.16 says Minister of Drymen....probably he was a Minister of Drymen Church which is near Clydebank

[@deadgoodwalks]

Superb info, thanks David

[@FeralSheryl1818]

The coins were a symbol of safe passage to the after life :)

[@Ste.fil66]

Hi. Don’t you ever have anyone walking with you? I’d like to go for a walk with you sometime

[@patrickdempsey9886]

The words it is finished or accomplished is the last words of Jesus on the cross usually when you see the blessed Virgin Mary or the head of Jesus with thorns or saints your usual in the Latin rite catholic section pre 1969 pre Vatican ii council catholic and Protestant would be buried in separate sections of a cemetery sum times it even got so bad that underground wall would be built to separate Catholics from Protestant sections some times walls going down 10 or 15 feet even mixed of catholic and Protestant marriages husband and wife would have to be buried separately in their own sections these separations would get worse if the catholic bishops seen Masonic stature or symbol or Egyptian art connected with freemasonry Great work you have be admired for your dedication these thing will hold a great record for the future God Bless

[@silverlaptop2022]

I'm blind now,,,,, blind and knackered 😂 toooo funny dude 😂 (American here)

[@DavidSmith-jp7fo]

Drymen is an area near Clydebank

[@kimmykimak3737]

I imagine that a lot of these memorials Crypts and tombs costed a small fortune back then. Could you imagine what one of them would cost now? Also, what happened to the bodies that would have been in some of the tombs that I've noticed that are empty you've shown?

[@deadgoodwalks]

They're usually below ground

[@susanbackus157]

Beautiful stones and monuments, but no info on these people. 😒

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

This place looks like it wasn't always a cemetery. Like a lot of similar places to be honest.

[@silverlaptop2022]

It is finished. Jesus said that on the cross, just before He died. It means, He was done here, and His Word, the Holy Bible, has all things in it for us🤗

[@Chiavaccio]

👏👏👍

[@pschliep1]

Please show us the tombstones, or monuments. We can see grass whe never!

[@deadgoodwalks]

Like I said, I was short on time. You could always go buy all the equipment, spend money and time on travel and go see it for yourself.

[@CryptDoor]

I know who it is, I know who it is….. do you know who it is.. ? 🎶 hahaha​@@deadgoodwalks

[@michaelburke5942]

the best walk in Glasgow