Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries, taken from the ESE.
SC 1734768
Description Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries, taken from the ESE.
Date 21/1/1999
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1734768
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 29941 CN
Scope and Content The Camstane Quarries, Holyrood Park, City of Edinburgh On the back of Salisbury Crags lie the remains of quarries where a soft sandstone was extracted. The date of the Camstane Quarries is uncertain, but they may have been used for Holyrood Palace in the 16th century and they were out of use by the 1850s. The deep quarry pits are clearly visible and, leading up to them from the entrance to Hunter's Bog, there is a worn hollow way that attests to the passage of many carts laden with stone over the years. The stone from the Camstane Quarries was not only good for building, it was also used for paving and as a whitening stone for cleaning door steps. One of its last uses was for the construction of the Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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