Tour Scotland Photographs Video Church and Graveyard Ratho

Tour Scotland photograph of the church and graveyard cemetery in Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland. An interesting medieval cruciform church, with later aisles. The east aisle dated 1683, the south 1830. To the west of the south aisle is a 12th-century doorway, partially visible, with scalloped capitals and decorated hoodmould. Twentieth-century refurbishment in 1932 revealed a Celtic cross stone which might suggest early worship on this site. In the south porch is a 13th-century tomb slab belonging to one of the Knights Templar who owned Ratho in the Middle Ages. In the graveyard are several interesting headstones and a panelled coffin formed of a single stone



Tour Scotland video of the church and graveyard at Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland. Ratho Parish Church dates back to 1243 when it was dedicated to St. Mary.


Tour Scotland photograph of Ann Mercer Craig gravestone in the graveyard at Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of Ann Mercer Craig gravestone in the graveyard at Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland.


Tour Scotland photograph of the church and graveyard at Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland.

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