Old Jewish Cemetery
Hidden behind a walled gate in Sciennes House Place can be found what was once Scotland’s only Jewish burial ground. Opened in 1816 the small graveyard remained in use until the 1867.
Only a few of the inscriptions can still be read due to the weathering of the headstones.
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