Edinburgh - Greyfriars Church

To find the 17th century Greyfriars Church follow Candlemakers Row to the south. The graveyard here, the oldest in Edinburgh, is the last resting place for a number of celebrated Scots including the architects William Adam (1689-1748) and James Craig (1740-1795), the poet Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) and the humanist George Buchanan (1506-1582). The first "National Covenant", directed against Charles I's attempt to impose the constitution of the Anglican church on Scotland, was signed here in 1638. Under this framework, the church would be subjected to the power of the state. The Covenanters, on the other hand, wished to promote Presbyterian beliefs, in particular the freedom and independence of the church.

Buried within the Covenanters Prison is James Hutton, considered by many to be the father of modern geology.