Skull and Crossbones

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Moth M
Moth Jul 27, 2004 19:11:53
Replying to Moth

Quick bit o research sez there was a church there from 600 (!) but the one that the ruins are left of was prob built around 1645 - so I guess the likelihood is that the skull n xbones graves are from around the same time as ythe Irish uns....

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Moth

T tiompan
tiompan Jul 27, 2004 19:45:20
Replying to Moth

i think it's basically "memento mori" , according to Betty Willsher in "Understanding Scottish Graveyards " "in the 17th C the death's head was often accompanied by crossed bones , usually femurs , or else a single bone .However by the 18th C there were many more variations"