Scotland in Grave Markers

Too many cool, old gravestones to photograph.  Apparently, skull and crossbones were a pretty popular images on grave markers in the 18th century.  In Scotland, a church yard is called a kirkyard. 

Throughout Scotland, many of the kirkyards that we came across hadn't been used in a hundred years or more - like this one.  We were just walking along the beach and found this unused kirkyard with the old pastor's house in the corner.

This one shows how, over the years, the words get obscured by lichen that have been growing there for a really long time.

Occasionally, the facade has crumbled away leaving only snippets of dates or names.