Archaeology Notes

Event ID 742530

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27NE 125.00 centred 27162 75066

NT27NE 125.01 NT 27065 75008 The Lodge

NT27NE 125.02 Centred NT 27240 75123 Cemetery Extension

The cemetery has been reduced in size by small housing development on SW corner. Access to this development is within the original cemetery gates and the boundary wall is now set back behind the gate lodge.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

N.B. This reference applies collectively to NT27NE 125.00 and NT27NE 125.02

Address: Eastern Cemetery and Extension, Drum Terrace, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH7 5NB

Status: In current use for burials

Size: Cemetery: 3.62 hectares, 8.94 acres; Cemetery Extension: 0.51 hectares, 1.26 acres

TOIDs:

Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Public cemetery opened 1883

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