Names of the sections of The New Ground at South Leith

[lesliebd9]

I have a couple, Nicol Robertson and Isabella Mackay who are recorded as being buried at Dorrit's Land in the New Ground, South Leith.  Is anyone familiar with this?  Know where I can find more information.  Thank you.

[Hibee]

The New Ground is usually a term relating to this site....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Calton_Burial_Ground

There are a few references to a New Ground, South Leith.  If they mean Calton, I believe this is a mistake as it lies within Edinburgh.

Dorrit's Land would normally relate to a tenement building, but I can find no references to such in Edinburgh or Leith.

Hibee 

[Forfarian]

Dorrit's Land would normally relate to a tenement building

Yes, but I have also seen lairs in old graveyards named as xxxx's land or xxx's ground.

[Hibee]

If that were the case, Dorrit's would be a marked grave, but it's not listed in South Leith.

Hibee

[Forfarian]

If that were the case, Dorrit's would be a marked grave

Not necessarily. There may never have been a stone, or it might have been removed.

[Hibee]

I'm not sure I can think of circumstances where you would reference a burial site by citing an unmarked grave.

[Forfarian]

I'm not sure I can think of circumstances where you would reference a burial site by citing an unmarked grave.

Possibly not at the time, but I have come across records citing a grave which, if it ever had a stone, no longer does.

In the absence of any reference to a tenement called Dorrit's Land, it is a possibility that cannot be ruled out.