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Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
MacLean, Kevin, 2007, Digital image
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Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Title
Greyfriars Kirkyard with the roof of the Edinburgh Central Public Library in the background
Description
An image of the monuments of Greyfriars Kirkyard on a sunny Edinburgh day. Tall gravestones and monuments fill the foreground and are surrounded by leafy trees. In the background is the top of the Central Library.
Artist / maker
MacLean, Kevin
Date
2007
Size
25.4 x 19 cm
Type
Digital image
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh Central Public Library is, strictly speaking, located on the Cowgate. It rises up four floors from this level to its main entrance on George IV Bridge. It was designed by George Washington Browne, and built in 1887-90. It was built with money donated by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Central Library acts as the community library for the centre of the city. It also has several subject dedicated sections: the Fine Art Library; Music Library; Scottish Library; Central Reference and the Edinburgh Room.
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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