One of the most unusual features in the Ramshorn Cemetery in central Glasgow. This is the remains of a cast-iron mortsafe, it's outline just visible through the grass. Invented in the 1810s, this style of mortsafe was a heavy coffin-shaped metal box which was rented by a bereaved family and placed over the wooden coffin after interment.
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