A cast iron mortsafe and stone watchhouse in the Cadder Parish Churchyard on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe #glasgowhistory
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#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe #glasgowhistory
April 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
A cast iron mortsafe and stone watchhouse in the Cadder Parish Churchyard on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe #glasgowhistory
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#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe #glasgowhistory
A cast iron mortsafe and stone watchhouse in the Cadder Parish Churchyard on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #cadder #church #glasgowchurches #mortsafe #bodysnatchers #glasgowhistory
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#glasgow #cadder #church #glasgowchurches #mortsafe #bodysnatchers #glasgowhistory
March 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A cast iron mortsafe and stone watchhouse in the Cadder Parish Churchyard on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #cadder #church #glasgowchurches #mortsafe #bodysnatchers #glasgowhistory
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#glasgow #cadder #church #glasgowchurches #mortsafe #bodysnatchers #glasgowhistory
post your warning sign
May 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
post your warning sign
One of the most unusual features in the Ramshorn Cemetery in central Glasgow. This is the remains of a cast-iron mortsafe, it's outline just visible through the grass.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
May 7, 2026 at 6:17 AM
One of the most unusual features in the Ramshorn Cemetery in central Glasgow. This is the remains of a cast-iron mortsafe, it's outline just visible through the grass.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
A mortsafe at Old St Nicholas Church, Prestwick.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
September 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
A mortsafe at Old St Nicholas Church, Prestwick.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #History #SouthernScotland
I see that @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social has arrived on Bluesky! Let’s take a look at one of the fantastic items in their Wellcome Medicine gallery - an iron mortsafe. This device protected the coffined remains for long enough that they would be too decayed for the anatomists to use. #skystorians
November 23, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I see that @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social has arrived on Bluesky! Let’s take a look at one of the fantastic items in their Wellcome Medicine gallery - an iron mortsafe. This device protected the coffined remains for long enough that they would be too decayed for the anatomists to use. #skystorians
And we'll top it all off with a lovely mortsafe, just to be on the safe side #TheArchers
June 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
And we'll top it all off with a lovely mortsafe, just to be on the safe side #TheArchers
A few days ago in the Ramshorn Kirkyard, the sun was picking out an unexpected piece of Glasgow industrial history at the base of a mortsafe.
January 31, 2026 at 5:53 PM
A few days ago in the Ramshorn Kirkyard, the sun was picking out an unexpected piece of Glasgow industrial history at the base of a mortsafe.
Mortsafes and other devices from the Ramshorn Cemetery in central Glasgow which were used to ensure the dead stayed in their graves.
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#glasgow #ramshorncemetery #mortsafe #graveyard #resurrectionmen
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#glasgow #ramshorncemetery #mortsafe #graveyard #resurrectionmen
May 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Mortsafes and other devices from the Ramshorn Cemetery in central Glasgow which were used to ensure the dead stayed in their graves.
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#glasgow #ramshorncemetery #mortsafe #graveyard #resurrectionmen
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#glasgow #ramshorncemetery #mortsafe #graveyard #resurrectionmen
Of course these were the budget model, the de luxe item for repelling resurrectionists was the mortsafe. (Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh)
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Of course these were the budget model, the de luxe item for repelling resurrectionists was the mortsafe. (Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh)
Those old iron cages you occasionally see covering an old grave are known as mortsafes. There's only one left in the whole of Wiltshire.
I decided my mission, one gloomy autumnal afternoon, was to find that lonesome mortsafe. Find out more here:
⛪💀
weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2025/12/15/b...
#history
I decided my mission, one gloomy autumnal afternoon, was to find that lonesome mortsafe. Find out more here:
⛪💀
weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2025/12/15/b...
#history
Bringing out the dead in Sutton Veny - Weird Wiltshire
I searched out the last mortsafe in Wiltshire on a trip to Sutton Veny; a cage to stop the newly dead being snatched from their graves.
weird-wiltshire.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Those old iron cages you occasionally see covering an old grave are known as mortsafes. There's only one left in the whole of Wiltshire.
I decided my mission, one gloomy autumnal afternoon, was to find that lonesome mortsafe. Find out more here:
⛪💀
weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2025/12/15/b...
#history
I decided my mission, one gloomy autumnal afternoon, was to find that lonesome mortsafe. Find out more here:
⛪💀
weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2025/12/15/b...
#history
#ironworkThursday
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
December 5, 2024 at 9:38 AM
#ironworkThursday
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
Seen yesterday in East Mersea, a grim reminder of the fear body-snatchers inspired in Victorian times: the grave of 15 year old Sarah Wrench, who died of 'consumption' in 1848, and is protected by an iron mortsafe.
May 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Seen yesterday in East Mersea, a grim reminder of the fear body-snatchers inspired in Victorian times: the grave of 15 year old Sarah Wrench, who died of 'consumption' in 1848, and is protected by an iron mortsafe.
I went in search of Wiltshire's last mortsafe. It's in Sutton Veny in the graveyard of St Leonard's church ruins.
But, did it stop 18th & 19th century body snatchers or was it to stop the dead from returning? 🧟
Personally I like the idea that it is keeping a vampire hostage! 🧛♂️
#wiltshire #churches
But, did it stop 18th & 19th century body snatchers or was it to stop the dead from returning? 🧟
Personally I like the idea that it is keeping a vampire hostage! 🧛♂️
#wiltshire #churches
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I went in search of Wiltshire's last mortsafe. It's in Sutton Veny in the graveyard of St Leonard's church ruins.
But, did it stop 18th & 19th century body snatchers or was it to stop the dead from returning? 🧟
Personally I like the idea that it is keeping a vampire hostage! 🧛♂️
#wiltshire #churches
But, did it stop 18th & 19th century body snatchers or was it to stop the dead from returning? 🧟
Personally I like the idea that it is keeping a vampire hostage! 🧛♂️
#wiltshire #churches
Invented in the 1810s, the heavy coffin-shaped mortsafe was placed over the wooden coffin after interment and left there until the body had decomposed enough to no longer be suitable for dissection. The watchhouse would be occupied for the same period of time.
#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe
#glasgow #cadder #church #mortsafe
April 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
That's what the mortsafe is for
August 18, 2026 at 8:07 AM
That's what the mortsafe is for
Invented in the 1810s, this style of mortsafe was a heavy coffin-shaped metal box which was rented by a bereaved family and placed over the wooden coffin after interment.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
May 7, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Invented in the 1810s, this style of mortsafe was a heavy coffin-shaped metal box which was rented by a bereaved family and placed over the wooden coffin after interment.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #mortsafe #ramshorncemetery #bodysnatchers
#31DaysofGraves Day 14: Inside - mortsafe cages in Ramshorn Kirkyard, Glasgow.
Designed to keep bodies inside their graves, safe from the attentions of the 'Resurrection Men' who supplied corpses to Glasgow's medical schools for dissection.
Designed to keep bodies inside their graves, safe from the attentions of the 'Resurrection Men' who supplied corpses to Glasgow's medical schools for dissection.
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 14: Inside - mortsafe cages in Ramshorn Kirkyard, Glasgow.
Designed to keep bodies inside their graves, safe from the attentions of the 'Resurrection Men' who supplied corpses to Glasgow's medical schools for dissection.
Designed to keep bodies inside their graves, safe from the attentions of the 'Resurrection Men' who supplied corpses to Glasgow's medical schools for dissection.
Auf dem Friedhof findet man noch einige sogenannte "Mortsafe"-Gitter über den Gräbern.
Mehr dazu: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
Mehr dazu: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
June 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Auf dem Friedhof findet man noch einige sogenannte "Mortsafe"-Gitter über den Gräbern.
Mehr dazu: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
Mehr dazu: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
Love a good mortsafe on #IronworkThursday.
#ironworkThursday
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
In a quick visit to St Lawrence’s church, church stretton, I stumbled on a mortsafe. I’ve never seen one before. It’s a fine example. More about them here
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
December 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Love a good mortsafe on #IronworkThursday.
A mortsafe used to deter body theft in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 16, 2024 at 3:39 PM
A mortsafe used to deter body theft in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland
A potential mortsafe is located in St Laurence's Churchyard, Church Stretton. Mortsafes, also known as mortcages, functioned as a deterrent to grave robbing. They were meant to address the theft of corpses and their sale to medical schools, as well as the looting of graves.
#History #Shropshire
#History #Shropshire
June 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A potential mortsafe is located in St Laurence's Churchyard, Church Stretton. Mortsafes, also known as mortcages, functioned as a deterrent to grave robbing. They were meant to address the theft of corpses and their sale to medical schools, as well as the looting of graves.
#History #Shropshire
#History #Shropshire
Can they put a mortsafe on his grave to make sure he never returns from the dead?
July 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Can they put a mortsafe on his grave to make sure he never returns from the dead?
My current project is inspired by something I did earlier, Wanted: Belladonna Mortsafe. It's a little scenario generator, written for Troika!, in which you hunt (or don't) a notorious fugitive.
PWYW at Itch:
james-holloway.itch.io/mortsafe
PWYW at Itch:
james-holloway.itch.io/mortsafe
Wanted: Belladonna Mortsafe by James Holloway
A bounty-hunting scenario maker for Troika!
james-holloway.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My current project is inspired by something I did earlier, Wanted: Belladonna Mortsafe. It's a little scenario generator, written for Troika!, in which you hunt (or don't) a notorious fugitive.
PWYW at Itch:
james-holloway.itch.io/mortsafe
PWYW at Itch:
james-holloway.itch.io/mortsafe
Ha!
This iron contraption is a mortsafe, used in the 19th century to deter grave robbers.
This iron contraption is a mortsafe, used in the 19th century to deter grave robbers.
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ha!
This iron contraption is a mortsafe, used in the 19th century to deter grave robbers.
This iron contraption is a mortsafe, used in the 19th century to deter grave robbers.