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Edinburgh, Waterloo Place, Old Calton Burial Ground, Martyrs' Monument

Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Obelisk (19th Century)
Edinburgh, Waterloo Place, Old Calton Burial Ground, Martyrs' Monument
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Waterloo Place, Old Calton Burial Ground, Martyrs' Monument as Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Obelisk (19th 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.
A 19th-century commemorative obelisk; significant as a monument to the Covenanters.

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