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Mort houses were buildings in cemeteries for temporary storage of corpses prior to interment; thie was during a period when grave-robbers would exhume corpses and sell them for medical research. They are related to watch houses from which graves would be observed to prevent grave-robbing.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- Udny Mort House (12 F)
Media in category "Mort houses"
The following 34 files are in this category, out of 34 total.
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Abbotshall Parish Church And Graveyard.jpg 1,000 × 750; 250 KB
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Clatt Mort House - geograph.org.uk - 272358.jpg 427 × 640; 282 KB
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Coull Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 867711.jpg 640 × 480; 83 KB
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Coull Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 867717.jpg 640 × 480; 99 KB
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Inside Coull Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 867702.jpg 640 × 480; 89 KB
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Kirkton of Culsalmond church - geograph.org.uk - 392054.jpg 640 × 480; 471 KB
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Kirkton of Culsalmond kirkyard - geograph.org.uk - 392073.jpg 640 × 480; 535 KB
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Lennel Church - geograph.org.uk - 284373.jpg 640 × 480; 70 KB
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Marnoch cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 392009.jpg 640 × 480; 486 KB
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Mauchline morthouse, East Ayrshire. Rear view.jpg 4,057 × 2,406; 2.21 MB
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Mauchline morthouse, East Ayrshire.jpg 4,301 × 2,337; 2.45 MB
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Mort House Banchory-Devenick Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 299263.jpg 480 × 640; 145 KB
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Mort House, Rosyth Old Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 4767067.jpg 640 × 425; 100 KB
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Morthouse and Dreghorn parish church, North Ayrshire.jpg 3,827 × 2,471; 2.38 MB
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Morthouse and Mauchline parish churchyard, East Ayrshire.jpg 4,784 × 2,313; 2.64 MB
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Morthouse, Dreghorn parish church, North Ayrshire.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 4.36 MB
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Mortsafe - geograph.org.uk - 3351538.jpg 640 × 427; 142 KB
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Old Morthouse entrance in Mauchline parish churchyard, East Ayrshire.jpg 2,457 × 2,041; 1.32 MB
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Old morthouse in Dreghorn parish church grounds, North Ayrshire.jpg 4,232 × 2,090; 2.1 MB
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Old Morthouse old entrance in Mauchline parish churchyard, East Ayrshire.jpg 3,888 × 2,749; 2.54 MB
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Redgorton parish kirk - geograph.org.uk - 400584.jpg 640 × 480; 434 KB
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Roof of Coull Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 867695.jpg 480 × 640; 79 KB
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Subterranean morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 1378122.jpg 640 × 480; 99 KB
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The Morthouse and Robert Burns Museum, Mauchline, East Ayrshire.jpg 3,796 × 2,166; 2.03 MB
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The old Mauchline morthouse, East Ayrshire. Air vent above entrance.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 3.3 MB
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The old Mauchline morthouse, East Ayrshire. Air vents.jpg 4,865 × 2,051; 2.86 MB
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The old Mauchline morthouse, East Ayrshire.jpg 3,488 × 2,273; 2.17 MB
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Coull Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 295328.jpg 640 × 480; 103 KB
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Coull morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 362912.jpg 640 × 480; 112 KB
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Hatton of Fintray Morthouse - geograph.org.uk - 612568.jpg 640 × 494; 292 KB
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Mort House Old Boleskine Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 299292.jpg 640 × 480; 117 KB
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Morthouse, old Belhelvie Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 388679.jpg 640 × 480; 504 KB
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Primitive morthouse, old Belhelvie Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 388690.jpg 640 × 480; 540 KB
