Ramshorn Cemetery
The Ramshorn Cemetery is a cemetery in Scotland and one of Glasgow's older burial grounds, located within the Merchant City district, and along with its accompanying church, is owned by the University of Strathclyde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ramshorn Cemetery, Glasgow” and “Ramshorn Graveyard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include George Square and Glasgow Queen Street railway station.
George Square
Square
Photo: Archibald99, CC BY 3.0.
George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square, St Andrew's Square, St Enoch Square, Royal Exchange Square, and Blythswood Square on Blythswood Hill. George Square is situated 1,200 feet west of Ramshorn Cemetery.
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two mainline railway terminals and is the third-busiest station in Scotland behind Central and Edinburgh Waverley. Glasgow Queen Street railway station is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Ramshorn Cemetery.
Glasgow Cathedral
Church
Photo: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Glasgow Cathedral is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Ramshorn Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merchant City and Glasgow.
Merchant City
Suburb
The Merchant City, a new name introduced through urban renewal by the Scottish Development Agency and the city council in the 1980s is one part of the metropolitan central area of Glasgow.
Glasgow
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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.
Townhead
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townhead is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.
Ramshorn Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86011° or 55° 51′ 36″ northLongitude
-4.24484° or 4° 14′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C7QVQ64+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 20449099OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yardWikidata ID
Q24197282
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In Other Languages
“Ramshorn Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Blackfriars burial ground”
- Catalan: “Cementiri Ramshorn”
- Catalan: “Saint David’s Kirkyard”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Daily Express Building, Glasgow and The Ramshorn.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ramshorn Cemetery”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.