Martyrs' Monument, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

7782

Title

Martyrs' Monument, Edinburgh

Description

Two columns border the text of the Martyrs' Monument in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, to the memory of the Covenanters. Behind is the façade of a tenement building.

Artist / maker

Wilson, George Washington

Date

1880

Size

16.7 x 10.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Covenanters Memorial or Martyr's Monument was erected in 1706. It commemorates the roughly 18,000 Covenanters who were "one way or other murdered and destroyed" for their political and religious allegiance. Many of these men were imprisoned in Greyfriars Kirkyard before being executed in the Grassmarket.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Columns

Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Churchyards

Religion > Religious facilities > Graveyards

(55°56′52″N, 3°11′39″W)

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