Mortuary Chapel With Music On History Visit To Western Cemetery Arbroath Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Mortuary Chapel on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Western Cemetery in Arbroath, Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. The Mortuary Chapel is the central feature of Arbroath's Western Cemetery, laid out in 1867. The Chapel itself was built in 1875, by Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield. It was dedicated to the memory of John Fraser of Hospitalfield, his wife Elizabeth Parrot and daughter, wife of Patrick Allan Fraser. The chapel was built from high quality ashlar red sandstone and is a Gothic fantasy, more resembling a Victorian mansion than a chapel and former place of worship. There is a square tower in each corner, two of which have deeply corbelled sandstone balconies. There are attached round stair turrets with stone slab slated spires. Most of the windows are rectangular, although there are numerous round-arched doorways, openings and arcading. The main entrance, in the south elevation, is a wide, shallow-arched doorway with elaborate mouldings and carvings. There is a niche on the south-west corner, which has a statue within. There are two sundials on the chapel, located on the north-west tower. Arbroath is located 98 miles North East of Glasgow, 50 miles South West of Aberdeen and 77 miles from Edinburgh and 17 miles North East of Dundee. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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