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Edinburgh, Candlemaker Row, Greyfriars Church

Church (17th Century), Graffiti(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century)
Edinburgh, Candlemaker Row, Greyfriars Church
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Candlemaker Row, Greyfriars Church as Church (17th Century), Graffiti(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh is historically linked to the Covenanters, a 17th-century religious movement in Scotland, and the site is associated with the martyrdom of several Presbyterian leaders during the persecution of the 1680s. The churchyard contains a war memorial and historic graffiti, reflecting its layered significance in both religious and national history.

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Photo: Alan Findlay · CC BY-SA 2.0