Southern Necropolis

Rivals the main Necropolis

I visited both necropolises when I was in Glasgow, and I honestly think I preferred this one to the more popular Glasgow Necropolis. It lacked the hilly views, but it was easier to take it, less crowd...

Southern City of the Dead.

Like many of Glasgow's public places,this is in need of more maintenance. Main grass areas have been recently cut but so many 19th century gravestones are overgrown with weeds. Even on a sunny day...

Local History

Really enjoyed a peaceful look around, as well as spotting some notable names. Only thing to keep your eye out is for some broken glass on the ground. The ivy growing across the gravestones is very be...

Local history

Visited this unusual attraction because it was part of a Glasgow heritage walk of the Gorbals area. Astonished to discover that there are over 250k burials here, including Alexander Greek Thompson, wh...

What an interesting piece of social history. Colin Mackie is like an encyclopaedia!

I was fortunate enough to be given a private tour round the Southern Necropolis by Colin Mackie with his wife Elsie Mackie. Sadly the dreich day made it less comfortable than it might have been had th...