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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 713024
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713024
NT27SE 78 2533 7143 and 2529 7140.
(NT 2533 7143) Chapel (NR) (Site of), (NT 2529 7140) Grave Yard (NR) (Site of)
OS 25" map, (1908)
Victims of the plague were isolated on the Burgh Muir, and for their spiritual comfort a chapel dedicated to St Roque, otherwise known as St Roche, the patron saint of the afflicted, was built. No record survives of its founder or date of erection, but from its subsequent history it must have been built by the Town Council between 1501-4. The chapel, which was orientated, consisted of a nave and chancel, equal in width. There was a burial ground attached. The structure was derelict in 1789 and finally demolished in 1791.
W M Bryce 1918; RCAHMS 1951.
No trace. No further information.
Visited by OS (J D) 31 December 1953.
INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:
Address: St Roque's Chapel Burial Ground, Burgh Muir, Edinburgh
Postcode: N/a
Status: No longer extant
Size: N/a
TOIDs:
Number of gravestones: Not known
Earliest gravestone: Not known
Most recent gravestone: Not known
Description: Burial ground associated with a chapel, no longer extant
Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 20 September 2005
