- A
mortsafe or
mortcage was a
construction designed to
protect graves from disturbance, used in the
United Kingdom.
Resurrectionists had
supplied schools...
- frequently, or the
graves were
protected by a
framework of iron bars
called mortsafes, well-preserved
examples of
which may
still be seen in
Greyfriars churchyard...
-
Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore,
Maryland (1838).[citation needed] A
mortsafe or mort safe was an iron
coffin or
framework which helped to
protect a...
- rich
placed their dead in
secure coffins, and
physical barriers such as
mortsafes and
heavy stone slabs made
extraction of
corpses more difficult. Body...
- men".
Measures to
ensure graves were left undisturbed—such as the use of
mortsafes—exacerbated the shortage. When a
lodger in Hare's
house died, he turned...
-
anatomy training at universities, etc.
Morthouses were
alternatives to
mortsafes,
watch houses,
watch towers, etc. A
morthouse differs from a mortuary...
-
communion table now took
centre place, with the
pulpit on the left. A
mortsafe outside the west door is an
interesting historical object.
After the disruption...
- illegible,
though there are
plenty that can
still be read. An
example of a
mortsafe remains in the graveyard. By the size, it is
thought that the
grave belongs...
-
Strathkelvin Retail Park and Low Moss (HM Prison).
watchhouse and iron
mortsafe at
Cadder Parish Church Cadder stables Strathkelvin retail park Cadder...
-
eighteenth century.
Greyfriars also has two low
ironwork cages called mortsafes.
These were
leased and
protected bodies for long
enough to
deter the attention...
