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Canongate Kirkyard

Canongate Kirkyard

Canongate Kirkyard is a churchyard around Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile that served as a cemetery from the late 16th century to the mid-20th. Here lies the economist Adam Smith ("The Wealth of the Nations"), the poet Robert Fergusson and many Bishops, ministers, Professors, and other VIPs.

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