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
TOIDs:
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