Carn na Marbh (Cairn of the Dead), Fortingall, Perthshire: a stone pillar & round mound reputed to be the burial ground of Glenlyon plague victims.

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Carn na Marbh (The Cairn of the Dead), Fortingall: stone pillar & round mound reputed to be the burial ground of Glenlyon plague victims from the 7th & 14th centuries. Inscription: "Here lie the victims of the Great Plague of the C14th / Taken here on a sledge, drawn by a white horse, led by an old woman."

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Size: 3690px × 4961px
Location: Carn na Marbh, Fortingall, Glenlyon, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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