Duddingston


Photos from Duddingston, Formerly a village on its own before absorbed into the
City of Edinburgh.  Some info from wiki Bonnie Prince Charlie held a council of war in a cottage in the village, shortly before the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745.  Duddingston Loch has been used for ice-skating and curling, even boasting a Curling House, for several centuries.  Sheep Heid Inn is said to be Scotland’s oldest pub, dating from 1360. It is named after a ram’s head presented to the landlord by King James VI in 1580.

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