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The Logierait Mortsafes

Logierait, Perthshire

Iron cages that kept the bodysnatchers away.

In the early 1800s, medical schools paid well for bodies, and bodysnatchers dug up fresh graves. In Logierait churchyard, heavy iron cages called mortsafes were placed over new coffins until the bodies had decayed enough to be worthless.

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When
Early 1800s
Where
56.6480, -3.6920
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

Logierait churchyard, near Ballinluig.

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