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Arthur's Seat as seen over the Firth of Forth from Fife. Arthur's Seat (Scottish Gaelic: Suidhe Artair, pronounced [ˈs̪ɯi.əˈaɾt̪ʰəɾʲ]) is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design". [3]
Holyrood Park (also called the King's Park or Queen's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It is open to the public.
Duddingston Loch is on the southern side of Holyrood Park, to the south of Arthur's Seat. [1] It is the largest and the only natural loch of the three lochs within the Park. [2] [3] The loch has an area of 8 hectares (20 acres) and a maximum depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft). [1]
The Scottish Parliament Building with Calton Hill in the background. Comprising an area of 1.6 ha (4 acres), with a perimeter of 480 m (1570 ft), [13] the Scottish Parliament Building is located 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Edinburgh city centre on the edge of the Old Town. [14]
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An aerial view of Calton Hill. There was possibly a prehistoric hillfort on Calton Hill and an area used for quarrying (the Quarry Holes at the eastern end). [12] By his charter of 1456, James II granted the community of Edinburgh the valley and the low ground between Calton Hill and Greenside for performing tournaments, sports and other warlike deeds. [1]
While some of the buildings date from the 19th century, the majority of Pollock Halls dates from the 1960s and early 2000s. Pollock Halls are located on the edge of Holyrood Park, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) southeast of the centre of Edinburgh, and 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from the university's central area around George Square.
1128: King David I founds Holyrood Abbey [3] c.1130: Probable date of St Margaret's Chapel erected inside Edinburgh Castle, [4] now recognised as Edinburgh's oldest building c.1143: David I grants the Augustinian canons of Holyrood leave "to establish a burgh between that church and my burgh", thus founding the burgh of Canongate