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Harry Potter Names came from Greyfriers Graveyard.

Scottish News

I’ve always been a big fan of the Harry Potter books so was interested to hear that some of the character names came from Greyfriers Graveyard in Edinburgh. The room is which JK Rowling sat to write Harry Potter overlooks Greyfriers graveyard, and in this graveyard are the graves of Tom Riddle and Mcgonagal. The […]

26 Sep

The Missing Faces of Greyfriers Graveyard

By Amanda Moffet

Scottish Myths

While we were visiting Greyfriers graveyard we were told an interesting tale by the man who works in the tiny shop which is within the graveyard’s grounds. It was one I hadn’t heard before and I can’t seem to find anything about it on the web. Not far from the infamous Bloody MacKenzie tomb stands […]