Greyfriars Kirkyard Cemetery Edinburgh

About this audio guide

This guide to Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh starts at the bronze statue of Greyfriars Bobby and a number on its plaque that does not add up: fourteen years of loyal vigil. You'll hear how the dates around the Edinburgh time gun, an innkeeper named John Traill, and a caretaker named James Brown all complicate the tale, and what a historian found by comparing old photographs of the dog. It follows the gap between the legend Edinburgh tells and what the record actually shows.