Kilmartin Cemetery

Located around the church of the village of Kilmartin, near the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, the cemetery is typical of Britain, with tombs scattered about on the green grass. But if you look more closely, you'll see that the tombs are decorated in extraordinary ways. Indeed these tombs, largely made between 1300 and 1700, were carved by local sculptors whose art would represent objects and characters related to the deceased on tombstones. A small building in the middle of the cemetery houses some of the finest pieces.