Calton New Burial Ground, Calton Road, Edinburgh

Calton New Burial Ground, opened in 1820, is a large, regularly planned, terraced graveyard located on a sloping site on Calton Hill. It features fine examples of 18th and 19th century gravestones in a variety of styles, including roofless Classical lairs, Gothic gravestones, obelisks, and table stones, one of which has a relief sculpture of Wisdom consoling Misfortune.

The watchtower, built in 1820, is a three-storey circular structure with battlements. It is constructed from squared and coursed rubble with ashlar margins and includes band courses. The third storey has some segmental-arched window openings. An external stone curved staircase, which is cantilevered and has a metal banister, leads to the entrance on the third storey. The tower features polygonal stacks, although some windows are boarded and it has suffered fire damage.

The burial ground is enclosed by tall rubble boundary walls on all sides, which include square-plan gate piers to the northwest topped with low, pyramidal caps.