Easter Rhynd Cemetery

Even though Thomas Baird is a relatively recent addition to this village of the dead, he has one of the more remarkable stones. This is lying on its back looking at the sky. I cannot tell if the ship means he was a sailor but if he was, he's in a good position now...always watching the sky.



This sad reminder of the difficulty of life must have been for a member of a rich family. This 2 year old who died in 1790 has indeed been well memorialized.

This stone, dated 1792, appears to mark the residence of several members of the family.

This is the marker of a blacksmith. The crown is the symbol of the hammermen's guild to which blacksmiths belong. You can also see the pair of blacksmith working together at the bottom.

All I can really make out here is the date: 1736.

This angel is watching over the boat of a ferryman. Perhaps he plied the waters across the Earn or Tay rivers which enclose the narrow peninsula of land where this cemetery lies.

Below we see what marks the passing of both husband and wife on 28 September 1703. It does not remark on the cause of death. Perhaps there was a disease passing through the country or maybe there was a farm accident.

The church, dating to the 1600's sometime, is now mostly gone. What is left is covered in thick ivy.

This is perhaps the most unusual church and cemetery we've visited. The church is all but gone and mostly invisible when you walk into the walled graveyard. Large portions of the burial field are empty. You get the feeling of loneliness standing under the gray sky surrounded by open, empty fields for nearly as a far as you can see.