Martyr's Monument (centre) in the graveyard at Greyfriars, Edinburgh, Scotland, circa 1920, The low building on the extreme left is a guardhouse, occupied by a guard who prevented bodies being stolen from the graveyard.

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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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