Old Mortality

Old Mortality was the nickname of Robert Paterson (1715-1801), a stonemason who took it upon himself to travel around lowland Scotland carving inscriptions for the unmarked graves of Covenanters martyred in the 17th century. He is the subject of a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

Ironically, Paterson who spent forty years making sure that graves were marked, ended up buried in an unmarked grave in Caerlaverock.

A fine day travelling through Galloway..... Land of my father!