Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Powderhouse Corner

Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Powderhouse Corner

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Queen's Park; Queen's Drive; Salisbury Crags

Canmore ID 157300

Site Number NT27SE 3978

NGR NT 2730 7280

NGR Description NT 2730 7280 and NT 2731 7275

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/157300

Digital Images

SC 408215

Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags with Arthur's Seat behind, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on Arthur's Seat with the remains of cultivation in front, taken from the SW.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of cultivation with Arthur's Seat behind, taken from the SW.

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21/1/1999

SC 1734810

Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the ENE.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, Holyrood Park centred on the remains of cultivation terraces and Arthur's Seat, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the S.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags, taken from the W.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags with Arthur's Seat behind, taken from the WSW.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the SW.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the S.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

23/11/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags, taken from the WSW.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the SSW.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the SE.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags, taken from the W.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the WSW.

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23/11/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Holyrood Park centred on Arthur's Seat with the remains of quarries on Salisbury Crags and cultivation remains in front, taken from the SW.

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21/1/1999

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the NE.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the E.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the ESE.

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5/1/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh, centred on Holyrood Park, taken from the NNE.

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5/1/1998

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Administrative Areas

Council Edinburgh, City Of
Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
Former Region Lothian
Former District City Of Edinburgh
Former County Midlothian

Activities

Field Visit (15 December 1998)

RCAHMS Archaeological Survey - Holyrood Park

NT27SE 3978 2730 7280 and 2731 7275

An enclosure (NT 2730 7280) lies at the SE end of Salisbury Crags above the angle in the Queen's Drive known as Powderhouse Corner. It is formed on three sides by a low grass-grown bank 1.8m thick and 0.15m high, and on the fourth, the E, by the foot of rock outcrop. A small quarry (NT 2731 7275) has been cut into outcrop 30m to the SSE. Both are plotted on an archaeological map of Holyrood Park (RCAHMS 1999).

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998.

RCAHMS 1999.

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