City of Edinburgh Council Area
Historic Sites & Landmarks in City of Edinburgh Council Area
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Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland
1511
Originally built in 1130, the picturesque Edinburgh Castle overlooks the city of Edinburgh from its rocky perch in the Old Town.
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High Kirk of St Giles
City of Edinburgh Council Area
The church where John Knox preached the Reformation, St Giles' is the mother church of the Church of Scotland and the birthplace of Presbyterianism.
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Holyrood Abbey
Edinburgh
1128
Holyrood Abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I for Augustinian monks from St Andrews. Holyrood Palace, home of Scottish royalty, was later built next to the abbey.
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National Museum of Scotland
City of Edinburgh Council Area
This excellent modern museum in Edinburgh's Old Town displays artifacts from across Scotland, including Viking brooches, Pictish carved stones, ancient chessmen, medieval oak carvings and more.
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Forth Bridge
City of Edinburgh Council Area
Connecting Edinburgh with Fife, the Forth Bridge (1890) is a major landmark of Scotland and a World Heritage Site. Both beautiful in appearance and impressive in engineering, it boasts the second-longest cantilever main span in the world.
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St Triduana's Aisle Chapel and Wellhouse
Edinburgh, Scotland
The monument consists of St Triduana's Aisle, a hexagonal two-storeyed chapel of the 15th century.
The sunken vaulted chamber of a 15th-century building adjoins the partly rebuilt medieval church of Restalrig. -
Dalmeny Village, 4 Wer Dalmeny
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mid 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay broad-eaved gabled cottage. Snecked rubble with droved dressings. Stop-chamfered arrises. Advanced cills. Long and short quoins. Exposed rafter ends. Timber barge boards to gables.
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Dalmeny House
Edinburgh, Scotland
William Wilkins, 1814-17. 2-storey Tudor Gothic country house comprising U-plan main block with principal elevations to SE and NE, and service wings to NW. Polished and droved ashlar sandstone with Coade stone detailing.
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12-16 Bank Street
Edinburgh, Scotland
Circa 1810, with later alterations and additions, 1898.
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114 and 116 Trinity Road, N Trinity House, with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers
Edinburgh, Scotland
John Dick Peddie and Charles George Hood Kinnear, dated 1858. 2-storey many-gabled asymmetrical house, now subdivided. Squared and snecked reddish sandstone with ashlar dressings; battered string course dividing floors.
