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Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
A 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 Royalty Free Stock Photo
Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
A Mortsafe in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh
A Mortsfae in Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh Royalty Free Stock Photo
View of Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars Kirkyard and cemetery 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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