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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturda 1989 Travel Outlook Edinburgh is dominated by the castle By NADEAU Herald Special The following is the second arti cle in a four part series on Scotland Where the huge Castle holds its state And all the steep slope down Whose ridgy back heaves to the deep and massv close and high Mine own romantic town Sir Walter Scott Edinburgh the most beautiful of Scotland cities is indeed dominated b the Castle that monument to the s tur bulent violent past to its centuries long battle with its neighbor to the South Huge dark built on top of an extinct volcano Edinburgh tie is the most site in burgh the most visited the try It at the top of the Mile and its silhouette dominates the time leae one of Pnnces Street beautiful shops vour eves are drawn to the mass across the The Castle is the city visual heart and everv thing else is lew ed its steal spacial or historical relation to it The Castle is still a working military site it is the head quarters of the Scottish Division and so has an armed guard at the main gate Don even think of walking around the Esplanade after closing time B the Gatehouse stand soldjers in Scot dress yes kilts and a more attractive outfit has been designed Everyone swears that nothing is worn under the kilt It was an awful wet da when we visited Such dedication to tradition The oldest build within the Castle walls is St Margaret s Chapel Built in the twelfth century by David 1 in to his sainted mother Margaret wife of King Malcolm III the Chapel is a small edifice that is still used the members of the Castle garrison for marriages There is a quaint tradition of for the chapel the place is looked after only by women named Margaret There are many things to look for in the Castle but the highlight is surely the Scottish Honours the Crown Jewels Sword Sceptre and Crown They are displayed m the room in the Palace where they were hidden for over a hundred years from 1707 to 1818 Sir Walter Scott who was instrumental in their rediscovery watched as the chest that contained them was opened for the first tune in ill years Until then rumors abounded that the English had taken them to London But they lay in the Castle walled up the whole time Also within the Palace part of the Castle is the small chamber where James VI and I first King of Scotland and England son of Mary Queen of Scots was born It is a wee room and historians believe that Mary chose the Castle rather than Hollyrood Palace her OFFICE MAGIC FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE STATIONERY NEEDS Giielph SI Georgetown VITEX SPECIAL BEST PERFORMER K RAM Floppy JOMBHD Philips Monitor 107500 Call Bill Fournier at Spadoluing in affordable PCs Software and Peripherals for home and business use usual residence for the birth for political reasons The most moving place in the Castle has to be the twentieth tur Scottish National War Memorial Opened in 1927 the Pnnce of Wales the building is simplv beautiful its centerpiece an exquisite wooden statue of St Michael hanging over the casket containing the names of the war dead It is a haunting place silent and grave imposing and painful Leaving the Castle one heads down the Mile a marvelous area measured from the Castle to Palace at the other end This is the Old Town a quarter ith medie architecture and outlook Cramped built upwards the Old Town is full of little alles called Closes where one imagines ghosts of the good and the evil Imgenng still never quite touched b the modern age There are manv stones of execu of of political turmoil throughout this historic area More on this aspect of Edin burgh in article four of this series A particularly interesting story is that of Mary King s Close which is now a subterranean street having been built over after falling into dereliction some centuries ago The reason it was abandoned Most of the residents died of the plague in 1645 and no one was will ing to move in afterwards Now it is accessible only through the City Chambers and must be viewed by special permission there are rumors that it is a haunted spot There are so things to see in the Old Town the Scotch Whisky Hentage Centre the Kirk Church of St Giles the Museum A guard dressed in the tradi tional attire keeps watch at Edinburgh Castle The castle dominates an entire side of Princes Street and it contains Edinburgh oldest building St Margaret Chapel Photo bj Georgetown 8779896 FINE FURNITURE CUSTOM FURNITURE ReUpholstery 8531359 38 Mill St EACTON Group Discounts Reasonable Rates PEARLS GROOMING SALON Groom Clipping Bathing for all breeds of dogs and cats FREE PICK UP AND DELIVERY 8732577 NOW OPEN DECORATIVE TWEEDLE 14 Mill Street E ACTON 5198533358 A of Childhood Lady Stair House John House Huntley House and much more Museums of all kinds monuments statues shops it takes to do all One must not miss site is the statue to Bobby at Row Bobby was a loyal Skye Terrier whose master John Gray died in 1858 and was buried in Greyfnars graveyard Bobby followed him to the cemetery and never left He soon drew the attention of the city and a shelter was built for him and he was fed from local houses He staved near that churchyard for the next 14 years until his own death In a Baroness who was affected b the story erected a lovely little statue to his memory It stands outside the Church famous for more than Bobby in front of the Greyfnars Bobby Tavern on to the New Town we find Street surely one of the most splendid streets where Plans for the New Town were approved in the 1760s and Pnnces is the first street you Five at crossing the Mound North which spans the valley to the New Town is a large boulevard lin ed ith hotels and shops of all kinds The street is special by vir of its view a perfect vista of the Old Town and the Castle A law was passed in forbidding con on the south side of the street Thus one of the busiest streets in Scotland borders a valley with gardens and a nearly invisible railway The Scott Monument is the only thing to distract your eye from the Old Town and as monuments go it is a beauty it looks more like a church spire than anything The New Town is celebrated for its stunning Georgian ture Charlotte Square is especial ly notable for its buildings by Robert Adam famed Scottish ar Number 7 the Georgian House is open to visitors and is furnished to the period There is much more to Edin burgh than can be of here space simply does not permit more This is a wonderful city im pressive and delightful even to those who dislike cities The history old and older is enough to keep the visitor busy for weeks Restaurants pubs and shops will satisfy every appetite any desire Edinburgh is a must see on a mm to Scotland even if the Highlands are calling your name The ten tunes unfold in front of you ill sit in the most spectacular where the Firth of Forth Im is the centenary of the Forth Bndge beckons you to worlds beyond Vou look down an hi see ships tacking for the Baltic Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a century ago He was looking down one of 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