Burial Ground, Old Pentland

The burial ground at Old Pentland dates from possibly the late 17th to early 18th century, with the oldest gravestone dating back to 1624. It features a roughly circular enclosure made of cream sandstone rubble, topped with squared rubble coping. There are later square-plan droved sandstone ashlar piers with polished copes and square caps located to the southeast, along with wrought-iron gates. Adjacent to the gates to the southeast is an 18th-century rectangular-plan sandstone rubble watch house, which has droved margins and is currently roofless. To the south, there is a burial vault of the Gibsone of Pentland aedicule type, dedicated to Thomas Hamilton and dating from around 1839. This rectangular-plan vault is constructed of droved sandstone ashlar and includes a base course, eaves course, and cornice. Each flank has two consoled and pedimented (blinded) windows, with one at the rear (north) and wrought-iron gates at the front (south). The interior features a barrel-vaulted design and a memorial tablet on the inner side of the north end wall.