Princes street gardens provides a haven for relaxation. This photo shows the East Princes street gardens separated from the west Princes Street gardens by the Mound. The gardens were at one stage flooded to form a loch to the north of the old Edinburgh on the High Street.
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The art gallery on the Mound with behind some of the historic Edinburgh monuments and the field of daffodils in Princes Street gardens in the foreground
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Edinburgh at night with the art galleries in the foreground and Calton Hill with its monuments at teh top right
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- Pedestrians pass under the gothic monument to Sir Walter Scott - the famous author of the Waverley novels and Ivanhoe -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- The gothic style Scott Monument to the writer Sir Walter Scott and Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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Relaxing on the grass in Princes Street Gardens, amidst the trees below the castle and with the simple memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson set amidst the trees
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A perfect view over Edinburgh, capturing the modern and historic.
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Sir Walter Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh. Seen in uncredited photo on undated, unused postcard. bEst guess on date, 1920s.
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Princes Street and the Sir Walter Scott Monument, Edinburgh. Seen in a D McLeish photo in a 1930s book. Only available info on McLeish is that he produced an exhibition in 1908. Out of copyright? Unknown.
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Princes Street and the Sir Walter Scott Monument, Edinburgh. Seen in an ucredited photo on unused, undated America postcard. BEst guess on date, 1900s.
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- The gothic style Scott Monument to the writer Sir Walter Scott in Edinburgh Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
The Portuguese cannon in the foreground on a snow covered Calton Hill with the city of Edinburgh beyond. On the skyline are Edinburgh Castle, the Hub, and closer, the Balmoral Hotel and Scott monument.
Alistair James McGregor, Edinburgh, Princes Street, Sir Walter Scott, Scotland, The Scott Monument, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), sunny, daytime, Princes Street Gardens, Victorian Gothic, Jenners department store, Waverley Station, "Auld Reekie" old smokey
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relaxing on the lawn, once part of the Nor Loch (loch to the north of the old city of Edinburgh. The North Bridge, built to link the old High street to the expanding city to the north, can be seen below the cloud. Near it was the former dam wall of the Nor Loch
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Flowering bush in the gardens below the Royal Mile
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