The Old Calton Burial Ground is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It located at Calton Hill to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Scots, including philosopher David Hume, scientist John Playfair, rival publishers William Blackwood and Archibald Constable, and clergyman Dr Robert Candlish. It is also the site of the Political Martyrs' Monument, an obelisk erected to the memory of a number of political reformers, and Scotland's American Civil War Memorial.
Old Calton Burial Ground
The main screen wall to Old Calton Burial Ground on Waterloo Place
Old Calton Burial Ground as seen from the south
Old Calton Cemetery, looking towards Calton Hill
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
A view of Calton Hill with some of its many monuments, seen from the Salisbury Crags
View over Edinburgh, with the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground
Thistles on Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, 2023
Washerwomen on Calton Hill (1825)