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Dundee, 315 Perth Road, Western Cemetery And Gates
Cemetery (19th Century), Gate(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Dundee, 315 Perth Road, Western Cemetery And Gates
Classification Cemetery (19th Century), Gate(S) (19th Century)
Canmore ID 184120
Site Number NO32NE 72
NGR NO 37984 29854
NGR Description Centred on NO 37984 29854
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/184120
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO32NE 72.00 37984 29854
NO32NE 72.01 38030 29841 Lodge
NMRS REFERENCE:
Dundee, 315 Perth Road, Cemetery Gates.
Architect: Findlater. J.R.
Gate and layout of cemetery by James R Findlater, circa 1840, extended to N by Patrick Findlater, CE, plans dated 1868, completed later. Cemetery contains a notable series of Victorian and later monuments.(Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
Western Cemetery was originally opened by a commercial company in 1845, and then purchased by the City of Dundee District Council in 1979. Burials within the cemetery include; James Bowman Lindsay (1799-1862) an early experimenter with electricity who, in 1835 demonstrated a 'constant electric light,' 40 years before Thomas Edison, Preston Watson (1880-1915) was an aeronautical pioneer who some claim to have made the worlds first powered flight over the Carse of Gowrie, several months before the Wright brothers in America.(Dundee City Council)
Note (13 February 2012)
Site not to be confused with Western Necropolis (NO33SE 629) now Balgay Cemetery.
Information from RCAHMS (HDS) 13 February 2012
