Located in the heart of Dundee, the Howff is one of Scotland’s oldest urban cemeteries, just a two-minute walk from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. The cemetery’s collection of carved gravestones and tombs are of national importance, second only in diversity, age and quality to Greyfriars in Edinburgh. In recognition of this, in 1963 the Howff was protected as a class ‘A’ listed building. Nonetheless, time and modern pollution are taking their toll on this extraordinary legacy of fragile sandstone carvings. Now an ambitious new grassroots project is determined to save the Howff’s heritage for future generations and, Aerial view of the inner-city historic graveyard surrounded by buildings in Dundee city centre in the process, is making some remarkable discoveries.
Aerial view of the inner-city historic graveyard surrounded by buildings in Dundee city centre
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