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Latitude: 55.9094 / 55°54'33"N
Longitude: -3.2563 / 3°15'22"W
OS Eastings: 321561
OS Northings: 669195
OS Grid: NT215691
Mapcode National: GBR 87Y.W3
Mapcode Global: WH6SR.YQKM
Plus Code: 9C7RWP5V+QF
Entry Name: Burial Ground Extension, Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road, Edinburgh
Listing Name: St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, the Dell Colinton
Listing Date: 19 December 1979
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363753
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26875
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200363753
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Cemetery Architectural structure
Mainly 18th century. Rubble enclosure wall with ashlar
dressings, segmentally arched gateway to Dell with small
gatehouse, one window gable front, slated roof with large
ashlar end stack at rear.
Good series of family burial enclosures stepped in slope,
droved and channelled ashlar fronts, architraved pedimented
doorways, one with good wrought iron gate.
Neo-Greek unfluted distyle in antis Doric front to Inglis
vault.
Good sculptured tombstones, several from mid 18th century.
Mausoleum of James Gillespie (died 1797), channelled ashlar
pedimented front with semicircular arched entrance, stone
slabbed roof.
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