Art Quilter Pictures

By friedaquilter

Broughton Graveyard

The graveyard is still in use although the church has long been a ruin, only the belltower (with bell) is still standing. By the side there is a barrel vaulted cell (straight ahead in the photo) which is reputed to be the cell of St. Llolan, who is supposed to have established a church on this spot after travellilng there from Whithorn. It has been restored by the architect James Grieve.
On the other hand in the Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Peeblesshire it says that it is more likely to be an old burial aisle.
Broughton Graveyard has everything you could wish for in a graveyard, an elevated lovely location, a wealth of yew trees, a ruined church and a mysterious cell. And what with the falling leaves and the low hanging mist, what more could your ask?

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