Archaeology Notes

Event ID 715062

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/715062

NT27SE 167 26289 72250.

Owned by the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation and established in 1816. Closed in the 1870s.

C J Smith 1978.

Superceded by area at Newington Cemetery, NT27SE 594, and subsequently area at Piershill Cemetery NT27SE 552.

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Jewish Burial Ground, Sciennes House Place, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH9 1NW

Status: Closed for burials but maintained

Size: 0.02 hectares, 0.04 acres

Polygon: No

TOIDs:

Number of gravestones: 29

Earliest gravestones: 1820

Most recent gravestones: 1867

Description: Jewish burial ground established 1816.

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 15 September 2005