scotland trip 9-2011
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Scotland 2011TRANSCRIPT
The Na onal Wallace Monument near S rling
William Wallace defeated the English in 1297 at
the Ba le of S rling Bridge near by.
View from the castle to former garden areas
Her Majesty Methinks this is not a typical subject for a tapestry
Ruins of the Chapel at Holyrood House
Thistle, the floral emblem of Scotland Contrast of the very old cemetery and the modern
apartment buildings.
Old Royal High School. So as not to distract students, win‐
dows were not installed in the classrooms.
From the backside of
the Salisbury Crags,
looking to the Firth of
Forth.
St. Margaret’s Chapel at Edinburgh Castle. Built in
1124, it’s the oldest building in Edinburgh
Inside the castle
A cheery bas relief on Greyfriar’s Kirk Possibly the most photographed object in
Scotland. Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier
who supposedly stayed by his master’s grave
in the Greyfriar’s cemetery for 14 years un l
1872. Research suggests the story may have
been largely a fraud created to a ract tourists
and their money.
St.Giles Cathedral, 14th cent. Although it’s the Mother Church of Presbyterianism, it’s s ll called a cathedral.