Cemeteries · Central Scotland
Old Calton Burial Ground
In or near Edinburgh.
Old Calton Burial Ground — Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Old Calton Burial Ground is a cemetery in central. Established 1718. (Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland.) According to Wikipedia: "The Old Calton Burial Ground is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on Calton Hill to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Scots, including philosopher David Hume, scientist John Playfair, rival publishers William Blackwood and Archibald Constable, and clergyman Dr Robert Candlish. It is also the site of the Political Martyrs' Monument, an obelisk erected to the memory of a number of political reformers, and Scotland's American Civil War Memorial."
- Coordinates
- 55.9535, -3.1861
- Established
- 1718
Sources
- osm: r2344206 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Old Calton Burial Ground (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Old Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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