Old Calton Burial Ground
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Old Calton Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in central Edinburgh known for its notable monuments, including political memorials and the distinctive obelisk of the Political Martyrs' Monument.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Calton Burial Ground canonical | 9 |
| New Calton Burial Ground | 6 |
| Old Calton Burial Ground entrance | 2 |
| Calton Hill burial ground | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4422510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Calton Burial Ground Context triple: [Regent Road, Edinburgh, adjacentTo, Old Calton Burial Ground]
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A.
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow Necropolis is a vast Victorian garden cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its elaborate monuments, historic graves, and panoramic views over the city.
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B.
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard is a historic cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for its notable burials, atmospheric setting, and connections to Scottish history and literature.
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C.
Grange Cemetery
Grange Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for being the resting place of several notable 19th-century figures, including geologist and writer Hugh Miller.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Greenock Cemetery
Greenock Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greenock, Scotland, noted for its Victorian-era monuments and views over the River Clyde.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Calton Burial Ground Target entity description: Old Calton Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in central Edinburgh known for its notable monuments, including political memorials and the distinctive obelisk of the Political Martyrs' Monument.
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A.
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow Necropolis is a vast Victorian garden cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its elaborate monuments, historic graves, and panoramic views over the city.
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B.
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard is a historic cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for its notable burials, atmospheric setting, and connections to Scottish history and literature.
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C.
Grange Cemetery
Grange Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for being the resting place of several notable 19th-century figures, including geologist and writer Hugh Miller.
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D.
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh is a historic churchyard on the Royal Mile, best known as the burial place of economist and philosopher Adam Smith.
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E.
Greenock Cemetery
Greenock Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greenock, Scotland, noted for its Victorian-era monuments and views over the River Clyde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Calton Hill
ⓘ
New Calton Burial Ground ⓘ
linked to:
Old Calton Burial Ground
Regent Road ⓘ Waterloo Place ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Neoclassical funerary monuments
ⓘ
Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 55.953°N 3.184°W ⓘ |
| hasPart |
American Civil War Memorial
ⓘ
Political Martyrs' Monument ⓘ
linked to:
Political Martyrs’ Monument
Robert Burns Monument (memorial to Burns by friends) ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Burns statue
monument to Archibald Constable ⓘ monument to David Hume ⓘ monument to Dugald Stewart (burial, not the hill monument) ⓘ monument to James Ballantyne ⓘ monument to John Playfair ⓘ monument to Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers ⓘ monument to Robert Stevenson ⓘ monument to Thomas Muir (commemorated on Political Martyrs' Monument) ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Political Martyrs Monument
monument to William Blackwood ⓘ monument to other Scottish political reformers ⓘ |
| hasView |
Calton Hill monuments
ⓘ
linked to:
Calton Hill
Edinburgh city centre ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh city centre zone
Princes Street area ⓘ
linked to:
Princes Street
|
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic environment ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calton Hill area
ⓘ
linked to:
Calton Hill
City of Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ central Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to:
Central Area, Edinburgh
|
| maintainedBy | City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Political Martyrs' Monument obelisk
ⓘ
linked to:
Political Martyrs’ Monument
monuments to Enlightenment figures ⓘ panoramic views towards Calton Hill ⓘ political memorials ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edinburgh World Heritage Site
ⓘ
linked to:
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
|
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
commemoration of political martyrs ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Old Calton Burial Ground Description of subject: Old Calton Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in central Edinburgh known for its notable monuments, including political memorials and the distinctive obelisk of the Political Martyrs' Monument.
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