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 Glasgow Necropolis
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Chris H
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:33 am

well this mornign Amber and I went for a wander round, its a graveyard for those that don't know.

Never had the camera which is ashame but any scots near shoudl go for a look.

heres some links on it

http://www.headstones.fsnet.co.uk/gnecrop.htm

http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/PhotoGallery/Necropolis/
Chet T16
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:40 am

Thats a bit freaky, we don't have anything that cool near here
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:42 am

we have loads like that.

I meant to show JB and Neal when they were up but totally forgot.

Some things are 3 stories high!

I will go again and take pics.
Chet T16
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:43 am

Yeah do

How big is it?
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:45 am

Its a very big cemetary, right behind glasgow catherdral which is th eold heart of the city up the top of a hill.

the M8 motorway runs close to it and you can see the tallest monuments from it.

Sadly theres a horrible amount of vandalism.

takes big hard men to destroy graves doesn't it Mad
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:46 am

Image

that statue with the guy on the top is about 40 foot high
Chet T16
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:47 am

Yeah well thats the bloody same everywhere.
Naples_16v
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:49 pm

dya find it strenge that theres some that are big enough to live in? they must have cost unseen amounts Shocked
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:01 am

some are very big, some have entire familes and a few generatiosn in them.

The ones that have been vandalised ,ake you angry, one was open, now it has a gate on it. Anyway its a big toopwer thing but not big diameter wise, man and his wife there. In the floor theres the 2 places where the were lsaid and the usual hole then covered by a large slab. I am not up on these things but I was sure the coffin is laid in the hole not covered then the slab put over th etop. There was no ciffin there so I don't know if they were buried in the earth under it or buried elsewhere.
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