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Old Pentland Cemetery

Nearest town: Edinburgh

Site type: former religious site

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Midlothian

Country: Scotland

Grid ref: not known

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Christine Ireland

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: The origins of this cemetery are not known, but church records indicate that a pre-Reformation church stood here in the 11th century. One gravestone, now on display at Roslin Chapel, has been identified as that of one of the Knights' Templar from the 13th century.