This old cemetery is just down the street from our B and B in Aberdeen. Most of the graves date from the 1850-1870s. Some of the head stones were quite unique. I was most fascinated with were the inscriptions. There was a lot of detail, including the occupation of the person (usually his wife and children, many of whom died young). Occupations included: Gardner, Fruiterer, Shipbuilder, school master, black smith, shipowner, pianoforte maker, brush manufacturer, professor of natural philosophy, wool merchant, and others.
There weren't a lot of sculptures, I found this one very realistic and pretty.
Lots of Celtic symbols. I'm not sure what the center one is with what looks like a dollar sign, but it was on many of the stones.
This one even gave the age of the deceased in months: 50 years and 4 months...as well as all of his children. 4 years and 3 months, etc.
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