We will remember them

About a year ago I noticed an "old burial ground" marked on the map near the old Craig Dunain hospital in Inverness. The area is studded with many such sites. Went off in the car and found myself by a small lake at the end of the new development of Wester Craigs. Wandering round fairly aimlessly on foot came across almost by accident the burial place I had seen on the map. It turned out it was the burial ground for the old asylum of Craig Dunain. As can be seen it's quite small and enclosed within a wall. There are hardly on signs of its use apart from the one stone cross that can be seen in the centre of the image among the trees. Most of the graves are unmarked. According to an information board the cemetery was opened in 1866 for burying the bodies of patients who had no relatives. It was closed in 1895 when it was full. The old Craig Dunain psychiatric hospital (as the asylum became) was abandoned a few years ago and moved to new buildings a short distance away. The old buildings were set on fire by vandals but are now being renovated to make luxury flats. And the new housing estate of Wester Craigs is being built on some of the land.
Buried in the cemetery is Colour Sergeant James Munro VC who was born at Nigg in 1826 and died in the hospital in 1871. He won his VC at Lucknow in 1857 carrying a wounded officer to safety but returned to the action and was badly wounded himself. A memorial has been erected to his memory just outside the cemetery gate.
I went again today just to get a blip. The information board is here on FLICKR where there are other pictures of the area. The old hospital building is looking much better than it was then.