We’ve taken a macabre liking to cemeteries. If you’ve been following our progress through the UK, you’ll remember our blog a few weeks ago about the small cemetery we visited in the tiny little English village of Eastham. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the enormous Necropolis of Glasgow.
This cemetery occupies a huge plot of land on the east end of the city, covering a hilltop with spectacular views over the cathedral (above) and the surrounding countryside. The oldest monuments we saw were from the 1600’s, and the most recent were from the 2000’s. Most of the monuments were to local Scots whose significance was lost on us, but there were a few names we recognized, like the imposing monument to John Knox, the founder of the Scottish Reformation, and the less imposing obelisk for William Miller, the author of the Wee Willy Winky nursery rhyme.
