mortsafe greyfriars cemetery edinburgh
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| 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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