Scottish Kirkyards

Dane Love

ISBN 10: 0709036671 / ISBN 13: 9780709036678

Published by Robert Hale, London, 1989

About this Item

1989 1st edition. 222 pages. Black cloth covered hard boards. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Jacket has a little edge wear. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref A6. Scottish Kirkyards by Dane Love. Published by Robert Hale, London. -----The author investigates Kirkyards or cemeteries of Scotland, uncovering old stories and symbols, viewing the kirkyard as a preserved source for historical information and records, investigating burial rituals and customs from modern day back to the strange symbols left by the Pictish people. Chapter headings include: Tombstone symbolism, Epitapherie, the Resurrectionists and Kirkyard Tales, among others. photographs and line drawings/diagrams are interspersed throughout the text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scottish Kirkyards
• Publisher: Robert Hale, London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0709036671
• ISBN 13: 9780709036678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Presents an account of the Scottish churchyard, with details of burial customs, gravestones, strange tales, early times, body-snatching and more.

About the Author

Dane Love was born in Cumnock, Ayrshire and trained to be a teacher at Jordanhill College of Education in Glasgow. He is Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association and a committee member of Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. He has written a number of highly acclaimed books, including Scottish Kirkyards, Scottish Ghosts, Ayrshire: Discovering a County and Ayr Past and Present. He lives in Auchinleck.