2011
NO0840 : Lych gate, Caputh Parish Church
taken 14 years ago, near to Caputh, Perth And Kinross, Scotland
Lych gate, Caputh Parish Church
The lych gate is beside the A984.
Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial. The original lych gates had seats, a lych cross and a lych stone - a slab on which the coffin rested.
Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial. The original lych gates had seats, a lych cross and a lych stone - a slab on which the coffin rested.
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- Grid Square
- NO0840, 40 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Maigheach-gheal (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 12 April, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 1 December, 2011
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NO 0882 4008 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:32.6302N 3:29.0693W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
- View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)