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New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh
Begbie, Thomas, 1887, Glass negative
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New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh
New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh
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Item no
11380
Title
New Calton Burying Ground, Edinburgh
Description
Looking across new Calton Burying Ground, we can see the columned Playfair monument on the horizon. The graveyard has many monuments and gravestones separated by railings. In the centre of the image is a circular watchtower with a crenellated roof and a small chimney. A single tree stands in the foreground.
Artist / maker
Begbie, Thomas
Date
1887
Size
8.3 x 17.1 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
City Art Centre
Copyright
The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
The New Calton Burial Ground was created in 1820 to accommodate those bodies displaced from the Old Calton Burial Ground by the construction of Waterloo Place. It is situated below Regent Road looking over to Holyrood Park. A watchtower stands in the burial ground, erected in an attempt to prevent the theft of bodies for dissection.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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