Piper at the 1st Annual Greyfriars Commemoration

Category

Library Item

Item no

29625

Title

Piper playing at the 1st annual Greyfriars Commemoration behind the gravestone of Bobby

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2013

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Greyfriars Kirkyard, or Graveyard, is the burial ground of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. It houses the graves of many notable historical figures including the poet Allan Ramsay, the geologist James Hutton and the architect William Adam. In 1679 several hundred Covenanters were imprisoned in the Kirkyard awaiting trial.

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Piper at the 1st annual Greyfriars Commemoration