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Duncan Astbury

The birlinn is a type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages. This one is carved on a gravestone at Kilbride church, Lerags, Argyll. At the top of the mast there looks to be a beacon or torch. A lit torch represents life, immortality and the everlasting life.

Carved image of a boat with torch on top of the mast. The boat is in the old birlinn style and appears on a gravestone at Kilbride church, Lerags, Argyll.
#birlinn#symbolism#MementoMori
Dec 05, 2022, 04:54 PM·Public·Web
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