Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Perth HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Join archaeologist David Bowler for a tour and try to understand how the stones and their symbols show changing tastes and hopes as well as recording life and death.Guided tours at 12:00 & 14:00 starting from St John's Episcopal Church, Princes Street OpeningTime1 Guided tours at 12:00 & 14:00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 14086 Refreshments No Street The street address Greyfriars Burial Ground AddressLine2 Off Canal Street Postcode PH2 7HT Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greyfriars Burial Ground, Perth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived perthkinross Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3211 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.39404,-3.428283; Description An account of the resource Greyfriars became the burgh's burial ground in 1580 because St John's kirkyard was full. It had previously been the site of the Franciscan Friary, founded by 1496 and dissolved in 1559. There is a fine group of 18th century stones, with traditional winged souls, hourglasses and skulls and crossbones.