Beware of the body snatchers! Apologies but the light was going when I took this photo of the old cemetery in Callander. You will see the little octagonal hut at the back. This was manned to prevent the theft of newly buried corpses. Why the demand for corpses? There was a shortage (notably for anatomical study in the advancement of medicine) and the supply issue meant there was money to be made from the selling of bodies. So this was both an incentive for murderers and grave robbers. Thankfully legislation was passed, the Anatomy Act 1832, that improved the supply of bodies for medical science. There are Stewarts in this cemetery but when I visited last year for a proper look around there was barely a legible stone unfortunately. It is in an exposed location which probably doesn’t help.
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Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.
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