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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713966

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713966

NT27SE 415 26419 73816

A collection of 55 potsherds, ranging in date from 14th to 18th century, and an 18th-century clay pipe bowl were recovered as surface finds from Canongate churchyard. The finds are now in the collections of Edinburgh City Museum.

A T Simpson, S Stevenson and N Holmes 1981.

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Canongate Churchyard, Canongate, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH8 8BN

Status: Closed for burials but maintained

Size: 0.76 hectares, 1.87 acres

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Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Burial ground associated with a church

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 20 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 20 September 2005

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