Edinburgh's Royal Mile :: Shared Description
The Royal Mile is a series of streets which runs through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. The term was first used descriptively in W M Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century (1901), "...with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between", and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook, published in 1920, From the Castle to Holyrood - "The Royal Mile" by R T Skinner.
The Royal Mile, connects the magnificent Edinburgh Castle, perched high on a base of volcanic rock, with the splendorous Palace of Holyrood, resting in the shadow of Arthur's Seat. From the Castle gates to the Palace gates the street is almost exactly a mile, hence its name. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand.
The Royal Mile, connects the magnificent Edinburgh Castle, perched high on a base of volcanic rock, with the splendorous Palace of Holyrood, resting in the shadow of Arthur's Seat. From the Castle gates to the Palace gates the street is almost exactly a mile, hence its name. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand.
by David Dixon
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Created: Fri, 9 Aug 2019, Updated: Fri, 9 Aug 2019
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