The infamous mortcage or mortsafe, not at first glance to stop Uncle Edgar rising from the grave, but used to stop eager medical students pilfering corpses - rare inspiration for horror RPGs.
February 26, 2024 at 10:35 AM
The infamous mortcage or mortsafe, not at first glance to stop Uncle Edgar rising from the grave, but used to stop eager medical students pilfering corpses - rare inspiration for horror RPGs.
Day 29 #31DaysOfGraves #occupation
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Day 29 #31DaysOfGraves #occupation
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
We'll also need a mortcage, in case the f**cker tries to get out again...
September 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
We'll also need a mortcage, in case the f**cker tries to get out again...
Those body snatchers didn't have a chance.
📝mortcage (autocorrect makes it to mortgage)
📝mortcage (autocorrect makes it to mortgage)
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Those body snatchers didn't have a chance.
📝mortcage (autocorrect makes it to mortgage)
📝mortcage (autocorrect makes it to mortgage)
It is as shown, and mysterious. Nothing in the Manx press (digitised for this era), and doesn't look like a mortcage. Any Anglican ecclesiastical lawyers have a view on chains used to exclude a plot from consecrated ground?
October 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
It is as shown, and mysterious. Nothing in the Manx press (digitised for this era), and doesn't look like a mortcage. Any Anglican ecclesiastical lawyers have a view on chains used to exclude a plot from consecrated ground?
I wish it would have a mortcage😁
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wish it would have a mortcage😁
Mortsafe or mortcage was a construction designed to protect graves from disturbance and used in the United Kingdom. Resurrectionists had supplied schools of anatomy since the early 18th century.
June 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Mortsafe or mortcage was a construction designed to protect graves from disturbance and used in the United Kingdom. Resurrectionists had supplied schools of anatomy since the early 18th century.