Image: Soldiers Memorial, Canongate Kirkyard - geograph.org.uk - 1339912

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Description: Soldiers Memorial, Canongate Kirkyard This cross is dedicated to the memory of all the soldiers who died in Edinburgh castle between 1692 and 1880. In the 12th century, David I granted the canons of Holyrood Abbey "leave to establish a burgh between that church and my burgh" (i.e. the Castle). This explains why Edinburgh Castle belongs to the parish of Canongate, despite its physical distance from the former burgh.
Title: Soldiers Memorial, Canongate Kirkyard - geograph.org.uk - 1339912
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