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A Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery Royalty Free Stock Photo
A Mortsfae in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh
Old cemetary in Callendar Scotland, Royalty Free Stock Photo
Traditional English lychgate at Holtye, Sussex Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
   
View of Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars Kirkyard and cemetery Royalty Free Stock Photo
English lychgate & Church of St Peter, Holtye, Sussex Royalty Free Stock Photo
An iron cage (known as a mortsafe) covering a grave in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mortsafes were used in the 19th century to prevent bodysnatchers from stealing corpes.


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