Tour Scotland travel photography of a Mortali gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Following the Protestant and Scottish Reformations of the 16th century, church yard burial rules shifted dramatically. Local stonemasons began carving heavy, visceral imagery on stone slabs for wealthy merchants, farmers, and citizens who could afford them. In the American colonies, the Puritans embraced this somber tradition intensely, viewing the frightening symbols as a visual moral sermon for churchgoers passing through the cemetery. ## All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
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