This evening I would like to have presented some images from inside Canongate Kirk which is located on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.

This church was built in 1688 to house the congregation expelled from Holyrood Abbey when it was taken over b y James VII to be used as the chapel for the Order of the Thistle. In the nearby churchyard can be found burials of such notable people as:

• Adam Smith, the economist
• Dugald Stewart, philosopher
• Robert Ferguson, famous Edinburgh poet who died at age 23 and whose tombstone was donated by Robert Burns.

Labels: Edinburgh

posted by Nigel Cole @ 2:36 PM