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Greyfriars Kirk

Covenanters’ Bastion

Greyfriar's Church

Because it was pretty comprehensively destroyed by fire, then rebuilt in 1845, Greyfriars Kirk is not a particularly interesting church, but it's certainly played a fascinating role in Scottish history.

The Covenanters

It was here that the National Covenant – which protested the imposition of King Charles I's episcopal church – was signed in 1638. And it was here too that many of these so-called Covenanters were executed and piled into mass graves. The church even served as a prison for Covenanter forces captured in the 1679 Battle of Bothwell Brig. A Martyrs Monument in the churchyard provides a sobering reminder of these miserable times.

Greyfriars Bobby

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1560–1700 Early-Modern Edinburgh

1700– Modern Edinburgh

Old Town Sights

Text © Christian Williams

Image by Rebecca Siegel