Greyfriars Burial Ground
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greyfriars-burial-ground-204-18626224
title:
Greyfriars Burial Ground
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Greyfriars Burial Ground is an historic cemetery in Perth, Scotland, dating to 1580. It is now Category A listed, with its collection of gravestones considered one of the best in Scotland. The cemetery closed to burials in 1978. The cemetery occupies the former location of the Greyfriars Monastery, founded by Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant, in 1496 and destroyed in 1559 at the start of the Scottish Reformation. As per documentation dating to 1911, "no burial is permitted of the body of a p
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Cemetery in Perth, Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Burial_Ground
date created:
2021-08-02T22:59:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T02:04:55Z
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