LizD
@bibby4.bsky.social
She/her Elderly Scottish wumman who is into history and archaeology. Iron Age/Early Mediaeval. Volunteers at The Govan Stones.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 Memento Mori: At Govan Old a recently uncovered grave marker. The faint text at the top of the stone reads MEMENTO MORI and two shovels are also included in the carving. Govan Old Church will close at 4 pm today until April but the Churchyard is open all year round
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 Memento Mori: At Govan Old a recently uncovered grave marker. The faint text at the top of the stone reads MEMENTO MORI and two shovels are also included in the carving. Govan Old Church will close at 4 pm today until April but the Churchyard is open all year round
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour: The cast iron memorial for Glasgow merchant Alexander Mackenzie at Glasgow Necropolis. Credit to my wee sister for all the Necropolis photos I have posted.
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour: The cast iron memorial for Glasgow merchant Alexander Mackenzie at Glasgow Necropolis. Credit to my wee sister for all the Necropolis photos I have posted.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 Occupation: John Clark established a calico printing works in what became the village of Bowling, Dunbartonshire. He is buried at Old Kilpatrick Parish Church.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 Occupation: John Clark established a calico printing works in what became the village of Bowling, Dunbartonshire. He is buried at Old Kilpatrick Parish Church.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 Column: At Glasgow Necropolis the grave of Robert Miller and family. Miller was the Provost of the burgh of Hillead when it was annexed to Glasgow in 1891.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 Column: At Glasgow Necropolis the grave of Robert Miller and family. Miller was the Provost of the burgh of Hillead when it was annexed to Glasgow in 1891.
Reposted by LizD
i remember the days when comments like this would have been career ending.
Instead the media fawn over Reform, giving them uncritical coverage at the expense of every minority individual in this country.
Instead the media fawn over Reform, giving them uncritical coverage at the expense of every minority individual in this country.
October 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
i remember the days when comments like this would have been career ending.
Instead the media fawn over Reform, giving them uncritical coverage at the expense of every minority individual in this country.
Instead the media fawn over Reform, giving them uncritical coverage at the expense of every minority individual in this country.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 Tree: At Old Kilpatrick Parish Graveyard, the graves of the family who owned most of the land that became Clydebank.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 Tree: At Old Kilpatrick Parish Graveyard, the graves of the family who owned most of the land that became Clydebank.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 Figure: A mournful figure at the Glasgow Necropolis.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 Figure: A mournful figure at the Glasgow Necropolis.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 25 Graveside Ornament: Guardian Lions on the Fife coast.
October 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 25 Graveside Ornament: Guardian Lions on the Fife coast.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 24 Unusual Animal: At Lempitlaw graveyard, Scottish Borders, the 1777 headstone of William Turnbull and his wife Agnes Riddell with the carved image of a griffin. It was part of the Riddell family arms. trove.scot
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 24 Unusual Animal: At Lempitlaw graveyard, Scottish Borders, the 1777 headstone of William Turnbull and his wife Agnes Riddell with the carved image of a griffin. It was part of the Riddell family arms. trove.scot
#31DaysOfGraves Day 23 Cross: A cross at St Martin's Churchyard, Bowness-on-Windermere overlooking a beer garden. In the midst of life we are in death.
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 23 Cross: A cross at St Martin's Churchyard, Bowness-on-Windermere overlooking a beer garden. In the midst of life we are in death.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 22 Landscape: An archaeological landscape at Govan Old following this year's dig.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 22 Landscape: An archaeological landscape at Govan Old following this year's dig.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 21 Bronze:
Second World War memorial at Govan Old Parish Church.
"Their name liveth for evermore".
Second World War memorial at Govan Old Parish Church.
"Their name liveth for evermore".
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 21 Bronze:
Second World War memorial at Govan Old Parish Church.
"Their name liveth for evermore".
Second World War memorial at Govan Old Parish Church.
"Their name liveth for evermore".
#31DaysOfGraves Day 20 Wreath: A memorial to a son at the Glasgow Necropolis. The wreath encircles the first letter of the family name.
Photo credit, my other sister.
Photo credit, my other sister.
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 20 Wreath: A memorial to a son at the Glasgow Necropolis. The wreath encircles the first letter of the family name.
Photo credit, my other sister.
Photo credit, my other sister.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 19 Social Group
The grave slaps of a group of West Highland gentry gathered together at Kilmartin Churchyard, Argyll.
The grave slaps of a group of West Highland gentry gathered together at Kilmartin Churchyard, Argyll.
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 19 Social Group
The grave slaps of a group of West Highland gentry gathered together at Kilmartin Churchyard, Argyll.
The grave slaps of a group of West Highland gentry gathered together at Kilmartin Churchyard, Argyll.
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Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
February 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 17 Relocated:
The Govan Sarcophagus. Originally located in the church but was removed at an unknown date and relocated to the churchyard where it was buried. Rediscovered in 1855 and relocated back into the Church in 1908.
The Govan Sarcophagus. Originally located in the church but was removed at an unknown date and relocated to the churchyard where it was buried. Rediscovered in 1855 and relocated back into the Church in 1908.
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 17 Relocated:
The Govan Sarcophagus. Originally located in the church but was removed at an unknown date and relocated to the churchyard where it was buried. Rediscovered in 1855 and relocated back into the Church in 1908.
The Govan Sarcophagus. Originally located in the church but was removed at an unknown date and relocated to the churchyard where it was buried. Rediscovered in 1855 and relocated back into the Church in 1908.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 16 Obelisk
At Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire
At Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 16 Obelisk
At Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire
At Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire
#31DaysOfGraves Day 15 Damaged: Ah, young love at Govan Old Parish Churchyard. I wonder if Ian W and Helen K found their happily ever after. #graffiti #vandalism
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 15 Damaged: Ah, young love at Govan Old Parish Churchyard. I wonder if Ian W and Helen K found their happily ever after. #graffiti #vandalism
#31DaysOfGraves Day 14 Inside: A Viking -age grave marker inside Govan Old Parish Church. It was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries to reuse the stones, hence the initials and date added later. Free entry to the Govan Stones every day until the end of Oct. @govanstones.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 14 Inside: A Viking -age grave marker inside Govan Old Parish Church. It was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries to reuse the stones, hence the initials and date added later. Free entry to the Govan Stones every day until the end of Oct. @govanstones.bsky.social
#31DaysOfGraves Day 13 Skeleton: At Alloway Auld Kirk, Ayrshire, the grave of Agnes Meler depicting Father Time plotting with the King Of Terrors.
Photo my own; information trove.scot
Photo my own; information trove.scot
October 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 13 Skeleton: At Alloway Auld Kirk, Ayrshire, the grave of Agnes Meler depicting Father Time plotting with the King Of Terrors.
Photo my own; information trove.scot
Photo my own; information trove.scot
#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 Notable Woman: Legend has it that this mound in Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire is the burial place of Vanora, aka Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. According to the legend she was gruesomely executed for her treachery and infidelity.
October 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 Notable Woman: Legend has it that this mound in Meigle Churchyard, Perthshire is the burial place of Vanora, aka Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. According to the legend she was gruesomely executed for her treachery and infidelity.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 11 Military: The grave of Thomas Ullock in the churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere. It commemorates his service at the Battles of Dettingen 1743 and Fontenoy 1745.
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 11 Military: The grave of Thomas Ullock in the churchyard of St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere. It commemorates his service at the Battles of Dettingen 1743 and Fontenoy 1745.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 10 Urn:
At Old Kilpatrick Churchyard - one Urn that has fallen from its pedestal and one that is still aloft.
At Old Kilpatrick Churchyard - one Urn that has fallen from its pedestal and one that is still aloft.
October 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 10 Urn:
At Old Kilpatrick Churchyard - one Urn that has fallen from its pedestal and one that is still aloft.
At Old Kilpatrick Churchyard - one Urn that has fallen from its pedestal and one that is still aloft.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 Hand:
A correction to my earlier post. Location got muddled and this is not Lempitlaw but Greyfriars in Perth. Oops.
A correction to my earlier post. Location got muddled and this is not Lempitlaw but Greyfriars in Perth. Oops.
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 Hand:
A correction to my earlier post. Location got muddled and this is not Lempitlaw but Greyfriars in Perth. Oops.
A correction to my earlier post. Location got muddled and this is not Lempitlaw but Greyfriars in Perth. Oops.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 Hand: At Lempitlaw in the Scottish Borders a hand holds a set of scales presumably for the weighing of souls on the day of judgment.
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 Hand: At Lempitlaw in the Scottish Borders a hand holds a set of scales presumably for the weighing of souls on the day of judgment.