Note of Human Remains in Wooden Coffins, found in the East Links of Leith

Robert Paterson (Author)


Keywords:
Grave, Coffin, Human remains, Plague
Location(s):
Leith Links, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Period(s):
1645, 1646, Seventeenth century

Abstract


The author describes the thirteen coffins unearthed on Leith Links. Based on the style of these coffins and the way that the remains were arranged, he suggests that these may have been victims of the 1645-46 Plague outbreak.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.005.98.100

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Published
30-11-1864
How to Cite
Paterson, R. (1864). Note of Human Remains in Wooden Coffins, found in the East Links of Leith. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 5, 98–100. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.005.98.100
Issue
Vol. 5 (1865)
Section
Articles
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.005.98.100