Old Photograph Tourists Walking To Calton Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists waling to Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the view West from Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. The hill was used from ancient times as a place of execution. Most famously Major Weir the self-confessed Edinburgh warlock, was executed here.

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Old Photograph Tourists Rest And Be Thankful Road Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of tourists at the Rest And Be Thankful road in Argyll, Scotland. A stone commemorates the completion of this military road built by General Wade in 1750. Field Marshal George Wade, born 1673, died 14 March 1748, was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barracks, bridges and proper roads in Scotland. He went on to be a military commander during the War of the Austrian Succession and Commander in Chief of the Forces during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Tourists Princes Street Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists walking along Princes Street on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of a Tram on the Tramway on Princes Street on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Corporation first ran Tramways ran from 1871 until 16 November 1956. Proposals for a new tram network were made in 1990 and the new tram line now begins its run from York Place, in the city centre. It turns into North St Andrew Street, crosses St Andrew Square. From the square, it heads South East into Princes Street, and west along the street toward Haymarket, via Shandwick Place, Atholl Place, and West Maitland Street. At Haymarket, the route heads onto a segregated track parallel to the Glasgow to Edinburgh mainline. It follows the railway line west to Edinburgh Park railway station. There, it leaves the railway line on a segregated track and heads north to Gogar Roundabout from where it heads North West via Ingliston Park and Ride to Edinburgh Airport, where it terminates.

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Old Photograph Tourists Holyrood Palace Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists outside Holyrood Palace on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of photographs of Holyrood Palace on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining. A small selection of my personal photographs shot on small group tours of Scotland.

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Old Photograph Tourists Calton Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists on Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the view West from Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. The hill was used from ancient times as a place of execution. Most famously Major Weir the self-confessed Edinburgh warlock, was executed here.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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