What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gilchriston, Lonely Graves as Plague Burial(s) (17th 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 17th-century plague burial site; significant as a record of epidemic response and burial practices during the plague in Scotland.
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