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Latitude: 55.9895 / 55°59'22"N
Longitude: -3.3953 / 3°23'43"W
OS Eastings: 313053
OS Northings: 678269
OS Grid: NT130782
Mapcode National: GBR 20.VR5W
Mapcode Global: WH6S9.TQC8
Plus Code: 9C7RXJQ3+QV
Entry Name: Gate Piers, Old Burial Ground, The Vennel, South Queensferry
Listing Name: The Vennel, Old Burial Ground, Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Bee-Boles and Monuments
Listing Date: 19 December 1979
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 386330
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40405
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: South Queensferry, The Vennel, Old Burial Ground, Gate Piers
ID on this website: 200386330
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Almond
Traditional County: West Lothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
GATEPIERS
18th century gatepiers; rusticated ashlar moulded cornice and ball finial on left gate pier; only ? cornice survives on right; modern iron gate.
BOUNDARY WALLS
Churchyard wall: later 17th century; mainly rubble; inside wall to The Vennel droved ashlar with base course a modern renovation.
BEE-BOLES
4 bee-boles attached to N wall.
MONUMENTS
Good exampleS of 17th, 18th and 19th century tombstones, including:
B-Group with 3 The Vennel. There are a lot of marine ornaments on some of the tombs symbolising the vocation of the deceased as well as the main trade of Queenferry. However, on the older tombstones symbols of mortality seem to predominate: skulls; scythes; hour glasses. The graveyard was closed in 1900, although there were occasional burials after that. The churchyard wall still links to the old Parish Church although the two are now under different ownership.
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