M0015246EA: Mortsafe in Banchory Devenick graveyard, Aberdeenshire

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Photograph taken by James Ritchie and published in Ritchie, J: "An Account of the Watch-houses, Mortsafes, and Public Vaults in Aberdeenshire Churchyards, formerly used for the Protection of the Dead from the Resurrectionists", <i>Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland</i>, vol.46, 1911-1912. The negative was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Ritchie's son. Related images: M0015246EB, M0015244

M0015246EA: Mortsafe in Banchory Devenick graveyard, Aberdeenshire

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