Symbolism on Victorian & Earlier Gravestones, Stewarton, East Ayrshire

In the 19th - 17th Centuries traditional gravestones in Scottish graveyards had carefully selected carvings that were more than mere ornamentation and had symbolic meanings that can be interpreted today with a fair degree of accuracy.

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Life is a walk, death is going home.

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Bible of angels host Christ

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