Dalry Cemetery

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Dundee Street
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550K
Late February and sunny Edinburgh has escaped the snow. This is the view out of the Dundee Street gate. The tenements at Dundee Terrace are in the background behind the exit from the West Approach Road.
Coffin Lane
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421K
Coffin Lane is behind the wall to the left and connects Dundee Street to Dalry Road.
Infant Grave 0
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553K
Particularly sad to see this infant's gravestone neglected and weathered. I think it says that the young Ritchie person died aged two months.
Infant Grave 1
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481K
A closer shot showing the stone book on the block with the white shield on the front.
Infant Grave 2
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283K
The stonemason made an excellent job of sculpting a book. The text reads "Suffer little children to come unto me".
Steps 0
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The first of four pictures of the the stairway leading to the lower level.
Steps 1
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478K
Dalry Road is just visible through the bare trees.
Steps 2
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482K
Part way down the steps.
Steps 3
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411K
Looking north east.
Mausoleum 0
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348K
Not so many mausoleums as many other Edinburgh cemeteries.
Mausoleum 1
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367K
Loose blocks of stone can be seen through the bars of the gate.
Mausoleum 2
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456K
Looking back along the wall towards the steps.
Murieston Cres
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421K
Looking over the wall at Dalry Road and down Murieston Crescent.
St Martin's
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624K
Just to the left of Murieston Crescent is St Martin's Church.
Leaning
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639K
Tall, tilting tombstones - the tilting probably caused by tree roots.
Dalry Road
1280 x 850
522K
Strange shadows. Beyond the boundary wall the top decks of two double decker buses are visible.
Springwell
Gorgie Road

1280 x 854
357K
The furthest west point of the cemetery at the corner of Henderson Terrace and Dalry Road is higher than the adjacent footpath and gives views along Gorgie Road.
Gorgie Road
1280 x 850
289K
Looking over the wall towards the railway bridge near the top of McLeod Street. The entrance to Springwell House is on the left.
Springwell
Ardmillan Ter

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319K
Public Toilets at the foot of Ardmillan Terrace stand in front of Springwell House. These are essential for football fans from the nearby Heart of Midlothian stadium.
Henderson Ter
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598K
Looking up the driveway which runs parallel to Henderson Terrace.
Be Ye Also Ready 0
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509K
An admonishment to believers who have yet to repent for their sins.
Be Ye Also Ready 1
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369K
Another view of the tombstone.
The Diggers
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446K
The pub behind the wall is officially called The Athletic Arms but is known as The Diggers because of the nearby graveyard. No recent digging though.
Henderson Terr
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521K
Looking down the driveway which runs parallel to Henderson Terrace.
Dundee Street
1280 x 850
383K
Another look at the Dundee Street gate. Across the road there's a footbridge which once crossed a railway line. It now crosses a westbound slip road from the West Approach Road. The corner of Tay Street and Dundee Terrace is visible at the back.
Be Ye Also Ready
1280 x 925
557K
Finally a black and white shot of the warning carved in stone.

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