Old Calton Burial Ground
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Old Calton Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in central Edinburgh known for its notable monuments, including political memorials and the distinctive obelisk of the Political Martyrs' Monument.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Calton Burial Ground canonical | 5 |
| New Calton Burial Ground | 2 |
| Calton Hill burial ground | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Calton Hill
NERFINISHED
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New Calton Burial Ground NERFINISHED ⓘ Regent Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo Place NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Neoclassical funerary monuments
ⓘ
Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 55.953°N 3.184°W ⓘ |
| hasPart |
American Civil War Memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Political Martyrs' Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Burns Monument (memorial to Burns by friends) NERFINISHED ⓘ monument to Archibald Constable ⓘ monument to David Hume ⓘ monument to Dugald Stewart (burial, not the hill monument) ⓘ monument to James Ballantyne ⓘ monument to John Playfair ⓘ monument to Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers ⓘ monument to Robert Stevenson ⓘ monument to Thomas Muir (commemorated on Political Martyrs' Monument) NERFINISHED ⓘ monument to William Blackwood ⓘ monument to other Scottish political reformers ⓘ |
| hasView |
Calton Hill monuments
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edinburgh city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Princes Street area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic environment ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calton Hill area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ central Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | City of Edinburgh Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Political Martyrs' Monument obelisk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
monuments to Enlightenment figures ⓘ panoramic views towards Calton Hill ⓘ political memorials ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Edinburgh Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Edinburgh World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
commemoration of political martyrs ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Calton Burial Ground
this entity surface form:
New Calton Burial Ground
this entity surface form:
Calton Hill burial ground