Greyfriars Kirkyard

Greyfriars Kirkyard, northeastern corner

Greyfriars Kirkyard is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It surrounds Greyfriars Kirk in the Old Town. Burials have been held since the late 16th century. The kirk and its monuments are protected as a category A-listed building. The kirkyard is said to be haunted.

Many notable Scots are buried in the kirkyard including Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Advocate Mary Erskine, Regent of Scotland George Buchanan, and James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. The kirkyard is the resting place of Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye terrier who stayed by his master's grave in the kirkyard for 14 years.

Greyfriars Kirkyard Media

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  An oil painting of The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard by William Allan (painter) in 1838

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  Greyfriars Kirkyard with Edinburgh Castle behind

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  "Non Omnis Moriar" ("Not All of Me Will Die"), Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

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  Hill & Adamson photograph dated 1848, showing D O Hill sketching at the Dennystoun Monument, watched by the Misses Morris

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  Martyrs' Monument (left), commemorating James Guthrie, James Renwick, the Marquis of Argyll, and the other Covenanters who died during 'The Killing Time' (1661–88)

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  Mortsafes to deter 'resurrectionists' from exhuming the dead, before the 1832 Anatomy Act regulated the legal supply of corpses for medical purposes

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  The huge monument to Thomas Bannatyn, Greyfriars Kirkyard

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  Monument to John Mylne, erected by his nephew Robert

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  The Pitcairne vault within the Covenanter's Prison, Greyfriars Kirkyard

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  Sir James McLurg's tomb in the Covenanter's Prison