Oct 24, 2017
This is the most peculiar gravestone that I stumbled upon at the Warriston Cemetery - it was lying on the ground, in the shade of an old birch tree heavy with razor strop mushrooms. I don't see snakes represented very often on gravestones, so they caught my attention.. these are so beautifully intertwined. I'm not sure how to interpret their meaning - any suggestions? The "globes" vaguely reminded me of fossil echinoids, believed to be snakes eggs in old folklore. The writing suggests that it could be more recent than Victorian times though..
