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Views from Arthur's Seat |
includes views of Salisbury Crags from above |
| doesn't include remote views of Arthur's Seat |
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Priestfield 1152 x 864 371K |
Orderly rows of 'des-res' detached bungalows as seen from Arthur's Seat. You're guaranteed to hear the authentic sound of the 'burbs should you pass this way, i.e. man taming nature with rotating electrical machinery. |
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Suburban bliss. Washing the car on Sundays. Taming Nature (cutting the hedge). Watching the neighbours, net curtains a-twitchin'. None of the comparative anonymity of the tenements. Your own little patch of garden can be useful. Picture taken from nearby Arthur's Seat. | |
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- golf, golf, golf, Pentland Hills 1152 x 864 217K |
In this view from Arthur's Seat we look across Prestonfield Golf Course, Craigmillar Park Golf Course, Braid Hills Golf Course, Mortonhall Golf Course, Lothianburn Golf Course, and Swanston Golf Course to the Pentlands. Needless to say that's not enough golf courses so they're digging up the meadow between Howe Dean and Lang Linn to build another one. |
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Seat 26 1152 x 864 67K |
Taken into the light, this shot is almost a silhouette. Several people have chosen this vantage point at the south east end of the crags to admire the view. Blackford Hill, Braid Hill and the Pentland Hills recede into the distance. |
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Seat 35 New Path 1152 x 864 274K |
Looking down onto the new path with Queen's Drive visible below Nether Hill. Two women are plodding up the steps. Meanwhile, the ubiquitous golfers are golfing. Golf, of course, is a game played with a stick with a ball at one end and a dick at the other. |
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The leafy lanes of The Grange dominate the foreground, with the green rectangle of Carlton Cricket Club prominent. Midmar Drive curves round the allotments at the western end of Blackford Hill. Bonaly and Torphin are the hills in the distance. | |
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A fine view from Arthur's Seat showing The Royal Observatory on the slopes of Blackford Hill, Braid Hill and the Pentlands lie beyond. Allermuir is the highest hill hereabouts at 1618 feet above sea level, twice the height of Arthur's Seat. | |
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Photographed from the Nether Hill area of Arthur's Seat. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children is the red sandstone building in the left foregound. Sciennes Primary School lies to its left. Sciennes Road continues before changing its name to Warrender Park Road. It crosses Marchmont Road then curves to the left before passing the former Usher Institute Residence building with its twin red rooves. A little further away behind the open ground at the top of Bruntsfield Links are the tenements of Bruntsfield Terrace, Leamington Terrace and Viewforth. | |
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The actual summit is just out of shot to the right; this picture is the view from Nether Hill. The rough ground is well trodden and the texture is emphasized by the oblique winter sunshine. Edinburgh Castle can be seen in the distance. | |
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Crags
from Arthur's Seat 1024 x 768 195K |
A telephoto view of part of the crags thrown into sharp relief by the November 2000 sunshine. Parts of Radical Road and Queen's Drive are visible. |
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The October sun is still low in the sky at noon and glances across the sloping top of Salisbury Crags, picking out the detail of the footpaths. Three walkers can be seen on the left of the picture. The footpath following the bottom of the crags is the Radical Road. Down below is the Queen's Drive - the road through Holyrood Park. | |
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The sun is low on the horizon in December and is at just the right angle to reveal the detail on Salisbury Crags' sloping plateau. The city is spread out beneath. Both Forth bridges can be seen in the distance to the west. | |
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Seat 19 1152 x 864 218K |
A classic view of the crags from the part of Arthur's Seat called Nether Hill (aka the Lion's Haunch). This geological oddity has been modelled on Edinburgh University computers. Periodically they ask for volunteers to enter virtual reality to explore it. The footpath along the foot of the crags is the Radical Road, reconstructed at the suggestion of Walter Scott as a way of creating jobs.. |
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Seat 23 1152 x 864 269K |
From higher up on Arthur's Seat is this view of Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town. Salisbury Crags dominate the foreground and the winter sunshine clearly shows the footpaths along the clifftop. There is no fence. |
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The camera is following three walkers as they continue towards the top of the crags and the best view over the city. Most people's natural fear of heights keeps them from straying too near to the edge. | |
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The buildings at the front are, from left to right: St James Centre, Dugald Stewart's Monument, Nelson Monument, City Observatory and the never-completed National Monument. Nearly 3km away (left of the Nelson Monument) is Fettes College, then (probably) Telford College - and I think the shiny blue building is at Crewe Toll. Martello Court is the tallest of the blocks of flats 5.4km away. Barnbougle Castle stands across the tidal sands of the Firth of Forth's southern shore, about 11km away. The Forth road & rail bridges are about a further 4km distant. | |
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Edinburgh Castle with Corstorphine Hill as a background and the sloping plateau of Salisbury Crags in the foreground. Photographed from Whinny Hill. | |
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Royal Park Terrace runs across the foot of the picture, with London Road running parallel to it. Cambusnethan Street and Wishaw Terrace are at right angles, running northwards. The Meadowbank Sports Centre is just out of the picture to the right. Photographed from Whinny Hill. | |
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Another photo of the Lion's Head but this time photographed from nearby Whinny Hill. About 10 people can be seen silhouetted on the skyline. | |
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Holyrood Park has three lochs: Duddingston, St Margaret's and Dunsapie which is quite high up the hill. This view looks north-east over the loch to Portobello and the Firth of Forth. |
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