Turriff Cemetery, Aberdeenshire

Turriff Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Visited August 2014

Turriff is a reasonably small town in North East Scotland, best known (at least in the area) for the Turriff Show, which is why I was in town.

I didn't actually go into this cemetery, but as it was adjacent to the area where the Turriff Show was taking place (think proper agricultural show, with horses, sheep, cows, fancy pigeons, the works!) it seemed a shame not to take some pictures. And it gave me a good reason to link to info about the Turra Coo, which became famous due to a tax protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turra_Coo!

The cemetery is on Balmenie Road in Turriff, and dates from 1878 - before that burials took place in Turriff Kirkyard. It's still in use today. Not much else I can say due to viewing it at a distance, but google images suggests a rather nondescript, landscaped area, although it does seem to have some mature trees, and some wildflowers, so all is not lost!