Archaeology Notes

Event ID 847588

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/847588

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Opened 1878 and subsequently reduced in size by developments at former Belhaven Terrace entrance at E (Belhaven Place) where cemetery entrance gate piers are still in situ; along former Morningside Drive boundary wall to S (The Crescent); and W portion of site (Morningside Court and Balcarres Court).

INVENTORY OF GRAVEYARD AND CEMETERY SITES IN SCOTLAND REFERENCE:

Address: Morningside Cemetery, Morningside Drive, Edinburgh

Postcode: EH10 5JN

Status: In current use for burials

Size: 5.32 hectares, 13.14 acres

Polygon: No

TOIDs:

Number of gravestones: Not known

Earliest gravestone: Not known

Most recent gravestone: Not known

Description: Public cemetery opened 1878

Data Sources: OS MasterMap checked 15 September 2005; Bereavement Services Portal checked 15 September 2005