Looking Down the Royal Mile Towards St Giles

Category

Library Item

Item no

31483

Title

Looking down the Royal Mile towards St Giles from the Lawnmarket

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1875

Size

25.0 x 30.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Royal Mile, Edinburgh's oldest thoroughfare, runs for a mile from Edinburgh Castle at the top of Castle Rock to Holyrood Palace. Its name changes during this descent, beginning as Castle Hill, changing to Lawnmarket, High Street, Canongate, and finally Abbey Strand.

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