A mortsafe or mortcage was a construction designed to protect graves from disturbance and used in the United Kingdom. Resurrectionists had supplied schools...
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rich placed their dead in secure coffins, and physical barriers such as mortsafes and heavy stone slabs made extraction of corpses more difficult. Body...
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Grave robbery (section Mortsafes)
Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland (1838).[citation needed] A mortsafe or mort safe was an iron coffin or framework which helped to protect a...
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frequently, or the graves were protected by a framework of iron bars called mortsafes, well-preserved examples of which may still be seen in Greyfriars churchyard...
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men". Measures to ensure graves were left undisturbed—such as the use of mortsafes—exacerbated the shortage. When a lodger in Hare's house died, he turned...
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anatomy training at universities, etc. Morthouses were alternatives to mortsafes, watch houses, watch towers, etc. A morthouse differs from a mortuary...
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eighteenth century. Greyfriars also has two low ironwork cages, called mortsafes. These were leased, and protected bodies for long enough to deter the...
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East Mersea is unusual for an English grave because it is covered by a mortsafe, a protective cage used at the time in Scotland to protect corpses from...
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Strathkelvin Retail Park and Low Moss (HM Prison). watchhouse and iron mortsafe at Cadder Parish Church Cadder stables Strathkelvin retail park Cadder...
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communion table now took centre place, with the pulpit on the left. A mortsafe outside the west door is an interesting historical object. After the disruption...
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