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Rosebank Cemetery
Memorial to soldiers killed in the Gretna rail disaster of 1915.
Map
Details
Established1846
Location
Pilrig, Edinburgh
CountryScotland, UK
TypePublic
Size4.37 hectares (10.8 acres)
The old western entrance to Rosebank Cemetery (now sealed)
Rosebank Cemetery general view

Rosebank Cemetery is a 19th-century cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the junction of Pilrig Street and Broughton Road in the Pilrig area, close to the historical boundary of Leith. The cemetery is protected as a category C listed building.[1]

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street (Category C Listed Building) (LB27935)". Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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