Category:Watch houses

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Watch houses were buildings in cemeteries from which recent graves could be observed to prevent exhumation of corpses by grave-robbers.

See also categories: Mort houses and Mortsafes.

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

B

Boleskine, Old Boleskine Church, Watch House (10 F)

G

O

Old Parish Church Of Dyce With Churchyard Wall And Watchhouse (8 F)

S

St Bridget's Kirk watchhouse (3 F)

W

Watch tower, St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh (11 F)

Media in category "Watch houses"

The following 81 files are in this category, out of 81 total.

Abbey Church, Coupar Angus.jpg 640 × 480; 83 KB
An outbuilding, Tinwald Church, Dumfries and Galloway.jpg 3,490 × 1,955; 1.86 MB
Baldernock church, watchman's shelter, in East Dunbartonshire.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 923 KB
Cadder, Parish Church, watchhouse and iron mortsafe - geograph.org.uk - 1343317.jpg 640 × 479; 533 KB
Carmavy Graveyard - geograph.org.uk - 115759.jpg 640 × 480; 96 KB
Clunie parish church watch house - geograph.org.uk - 558281.jpg 640 × 480; 147 KB
Dalkeith Cemetery wall and watchtower.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.77 MB
Dalkeith town cemetery watchtower.JPG 1,920 × 2,560; 1.62 MB
Eckford Parish Church Watchtower - geograph.org.uk - 1541918.jpg 480 × 640; 81 KB
Eckford parish church watchtower and cemetery, Scottish Borders.jpg 3,062 × 2,664; 1.48 MB
Edinburgh, The New Calton Graveyard Watch Tower - geograph.org.uk - 751035.jpg 640 × 480; 225 KB
Fenwick Parish Church, East Ayrshire - Guard's post.jpg 4,426 × 3,200; 5.56 MB
Former Watch House, Fair Street (geograph 4955321).jpg 640 × 394; 208 KB
GOC Ally Pally to Kings Cross 116 Watch house, Canonbury (40172754812).jpg 4,378 × 3,287; 4.28 MB
Gordon, St Michael's Kirk and graveyard - geograph.org.uk - 1001539.jpg 640 × 480; 130 KB
Grave watchers badge.JPG 1,120 × 1,104; 714 KB
Graveyard watch tower. Banchory. - geograph.org.uk - 176928.jpg 640 × 426; 85 KB
Guard House and churchyard at Oldhamstocks Kirk, East Lothian.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 5.54 MB
Guard House at Oldhamstocks Kirk, East Lothian.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 7.06 MB
Guard House, Oldhamstocks Kirk, East Lothian.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 5.76 MB
Kilmahog, St Chug's graveyard - geograph.org.uk - 796492.jpg 640 × 480; 340 KB
Kilmaurs Glencairn Church, East Ayrshire. Old body snatchers Guard post.jpg 4,394 × 3,150; 5.81 MB
Kirkintilloch, Auld Aisle graveyard gateway and watchhouse - geograph.org.uk - 1338021.jpg 474 × 640; 102 KB
Kirkintilloch, entrance to the Auld Aisle graveyard - geograph.org.uk - 1338007.jpg 523 × 640; 182 KB
Kirkton of Culsalmond kirkyard - geograph.org.uk - 392073.jpg 640 × 480; 535 KB
Kirkurd, Kirkurd Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 1001592.jpg 640 × 480; 132 KB
Logie Auld Kirk, Guard House, Stirling District.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 3 MB
Marnoch cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 392009.jpg 640 × 480; 486 KB
Mortsafes in churchyard Wellcome L0012138.jpg 1,694 × 1,208; 890 KB
Neilston Parish Church, Renfrewshire - Guard posts.jpg 4,605 × 3,125; 4.02 MB
New Calton cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 400554.jpg 640 × 480; 415 KB
Newhills old church and watch house. - geograph.org.uk - 288574.jpg 640 × 465; 429 KB
Old Eyemouth watch house, Scottish Borders.jpg 4,258 × 2,540; 2.8 MB
Old graveyard entrance with sentry boxes, Closeburn, Dumfries & Galloway.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 5.34 MB
Old Parish Church of Dyce.JPG 3,008 × 2,000; 2.86 MB
Old watch house ruins, Crawfordjohn Parish Church, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 918 KB
Old watch house, Crawfordjohn Parish Church, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 1.04 MB
Old Watch House, St Maurs-Glencairn Church, Kilmaurs.jpg 3,740 × 2,369; 2.36 MB
Outbuilding, Tinwald Church, Dumfries and Galloway.jpg 3,558 × 2,449; 2 MB
Petty Church - Watch House (geograph 6511850).jpg 768 × 1,024; 204 KB
Petty Church - Watch House (geograph 6511856).jpg 1,024 × 1,024; 327 KB
Regent Road Cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 1516746.jpg 640 × 480; 95 KB
Ruins of St Fergus' Church, Dyce - geograph.org.uk - 476251.jpg 640 × 426; 172 KB
St Bridget's Kirk - watchhouse - geograph.org.uk - 1099119.jpg 640 × 480; 143 KB
St Columba's Kirk - Watch House - geograph.org.uk - 5731300.jpg 640 × 480; 86 KB
St Machar's cathedral with watch house - geograph.org.uk - 174651.jpg 640 × 427; 103 KB
St Mortlach Church, Dufftown. View of the anti- grave robbing guard house.jpg 3,344 × 2,659; 1.65 MB
St Mortlach Church, Dufftown. View of the grave robbing guard house.jpg 3,674 × 2,714; 1.82 MB
St Serf's Church, Dunning, Strathearn - guard house.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 623 KB
Symington, the graveyard watch-house - geograph.org.uk - 1779110.jpg 1,300 × 975; 584 KB
The Bermondsey Watch House (geograph 3291032).jpg 1,024 × 768; 270 KB
The Eckford parish church watchtower and cemetery, Scottish Borders.jpg 2,251 × 2,393; 1.19 MB
The Eckford parish church watchtower, Scottish Borders.jpg 4,185 × 2,284; 2.05 MB
The Nether Kirkyard, St Cyrus - geograph.org.uk - 341063.jpg 640 × 480; 427 KB
The old Eyemouth watch house entrance, Scottish Borders.jpg 4,020 × 2,741; 3.09 MB
The old Eyemouth watch house, Scottish Borders.jpg 4,051 × 1,725; 1.48 MB
The Old Kirk Graveyard in Aberfoyle.jpg 4,416 × 2,486; 4.43 MB
The old Watch House, St Maurs-Glencairn Church, Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire.jpg 4,059 × 2,235; 2.27 MB
The old Watch House, St Maurs-Glencairn Church, Kilmaurs.jpg 2,944 × 2,638; 1.97 MB
The watch house at Gordon Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 739371.jpg 640 × 427; 120 KB
The watch house at Oxnam Parish Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 772010.jpg 640 × 480; 135 KB
The Watch House, Coast Road, Littlestone - geograph.org.uk - 1806410.jpg 718 × 538; 116 KB
The Watch House, High Bradfield. - geograph.org.uk - 405471.jpg 640 × 427; 138 KB
The watch-house at Eckford Parish Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 636268.jpg 640 × 480; 137 KB
The watch-house at Oldhamstocks Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 1764297.jpg 640 × 420; 155 KB
Tomb of Jean Cochrane and Son, Kilsyth - geograph.org.uk - 1562692.jpg 640 × 480; 73 KB
Tomb of Jean Cochrane and Son, Kilsyth - geograph.org.uk - 1604614.jpg 640 × 480; 76 KB
Unique body snatching headstone, Stirling, 1823.JPG 3,088 × 2,056; 1.52 MB
Watch House - geograph.org.uk - 5637103.jpg 474 × 640; 353 KB
Watch house access, Eyemouth, Scottish Borders.jpg 2,817 × 1,797; 1.24 MB
Watch House at Kirkside Cemetery, St. Cyrus - geograph.org.uk - 668934.jpg 640 × 510; 79 KB
Watch house at Kirkton of Mortlach - geograph.org.uk - 612576.jpg 640 × 480; 87 KB
Watch House Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1396352.jpg 427 × 640; 78 KB
Watch House High Bradfield - geograph.org.uk - 2380957.jpg 4,320 × 3,240; 3.51 MB
Watch House Latheron Old Parish Church (geograph 5842055).jpg 1,024 × 731; 207 KB
Watch House, Croy Parish Church (Church of Scotland) - geograph.org.uk - 2789434.jpg 800 × 499; 150 KB
Watch House, New Monkland Church - geograph.org.uk - 1602708.jpg 640 × 480; 108 KB
Watch-house at Lumphanan graveyard, Aberdeenshire. Wellcome L0012140EA.jpg 2,640 × 3,826; 3.91 MB
Watch-house in Banchory Devenick graveyard, Aberdeenshire. Wellcome M0015246EB.jpg 3,732 × 2,804; 5.23 MB
Watchhouse at Peterculter graveyard, Aberdeenshire. Wellcome L0012139EB.jpg 3,968 × 2,810; 4.88 MB
Watchtower, Dalkeith Cemetery.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.75 MB

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