Location 15 - Gorbals Burial Ground

Near Pine Place, is an open grassed area...

This is the Gorbals Burial Ground, the old graveyard of Gorbals Parish, dating from around 1751.

Some interesting stones remain around the perimeter walls including stones with no names. These have trade symbols representing a baker, the picks of a collier, and round stone of a miller.

Picture: Inside Gorbals Burial Ground

 

 

Picture: Tomb stones with trade symbols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Picture: Tomb stones inside Gorbals Burial Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 




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