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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Kinross
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
The watchtower has fine views across the loch but a very steep and twisty access stair.
OpeningTime1
10.30-15.30
OpeningDate1
21/9/2014
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
12326
Refreshments
No
AddressLine2
East Burial Ground
Postcode
KY13 8ET
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Kirkgate Watchtower, Kinross
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
perthkinross
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3216
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,56.20055,-3.406662;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The old Burying Ground at the west end of Kirkgate Park was also the location for the Parish Church until 1743 when a replacement was built on the High Street. This was one of four early places of worship around the Loch which were associated with St Serf’s Priory on one of the islands in the middle of the Loch. The earliest surviving headstone in the Graveyard is dated 1690. The Watchtower was constructed on the site of an earlier building in 1852, at the same time that the original oval medieval burying ground was extended in a rectangular shape towards the West, formerly it probably served as a lookout to guard against the ‘Resurrection Men’. </p>