Greyfriars Kirkyard/ Graveyard

 

McGonagal Grave

Hi Everyone!

We're in Invesness now! Before our train here, we spent a few days in Edinburgh and during that time we visited Greyfriars Kirkyard (Graveyard). Greyfriars grave was the front and center grave at the graveyard, perhaps because of it's story. When Greyfriar died, his dog came to sit on his grave everyday until he died himself. The dog was then burried near his owner. It's a nice story, but slightly sad too. It was raining a lot when we went, so in all these photos we are in raincoats.

But that's not all! Greyfriars Kirkyard has some plaques which were the name inspirations to many of JK Rowlings Harry Potter characters! The big names in there were Potter, Riddle, McGonagall, Moody, and Black. Many of them were spelled differently that in the books. The Riddle grave even had someone called Thomas Riddell in it! How cool is that?

Write more soon,

-Emily


Greyfriars Grave


The Potter's Grave


The Moody Grave


The Potter's Grave again


The Riddle Grave


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