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Latitude: 55.8939 / 55°53'38"N
Longitude: -3.0726 / 3°4'21"W
OS Eastings: 333017
OS Northings: 667273
OS Grid: NT330672
Mapcode National: GBR 60Z9.L1
Mapcode Global: WH6T1.S31Z
Plus Code: 9C7RVWVG+HX
Entry Name: Watch Tower, New Burial Ground, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith
Listing Name: Old Edinburgh Road, New Burial Ground, Watch Tower
Listing Date: 30 June 1983
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 360404
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24456
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200360404
Location: Dalkeith
County: Midlothian
Town: Dalkeith
Electoral Ward: Dalkeith
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Watchtower Watch house
Dated 1827. 2-stage crenellated octagonal tower. Stugged sqared and coursed red sandstone rubble. Droved rybats and quoins. Ashlar raised cills and crenellated battlement.
Doorway to NE with lintel inscribed "1827"; boarded door. Slit in recessed panel to all elevations at 2nd stage.
The Watch Tower was built by Dalkeith Churchyard Association to inhibit the rifling of graves by "resurrectionists". Access to the upper floor was by means of a ladder and trap-door. The Tower was restored in 1986. A similar watch tower (only circular), built for the same purpose, can be found in St Cuthbert's graveyard, Edinburgh.
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