What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Leith Links as Plague Burial(s) (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. 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 public health crises and burial practices during epidemics in early modern Scotland.
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Places near here
Edinburgh, Lochend, Drum Terrace, Eastern Cemetery, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 131 yd
Edinburgh, Albion Road, City Artillery Militia DepotBarracks (19th Century), Barracks (first World War), Depot (modern), Drill Hall (first World War), Drill Hall (20th Century), Storehouse (period Unassigned) · 149 yd
Edinburgh, Easter Road, St Margaret's Scottish Episcopal ChurchChurch (19th Century) (1879), School (19th Century) (1879) · 183 yd
Edinburgh, Lochend, Drum Terrace, Eastern CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 191 yd
Former Lockhart Memorial ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 244 yd
Edinburgh, Albion Road, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 277 yd
Edinburgh, Leith WalkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 573 yd
Calton Hill-EdinburghMountain or hill · 771 yd
Modern roof garden from Calton HillMountain or hill · 856 yd
Lochend Road South, Lochend ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 930 yd
Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig HouseFlat(s) (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Sundial (modern), Tower House (17th Century) · 1103 yd
Calton HillMountain / peak · 1137 yd