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Edinburgh, UK - Cheesy Member - Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 : goo

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Just adding a few of my older pictures of Edinburgh up - these are mostly pictures of the Tourist attractions just now. Will post more Graffiti and funky stuff after this.

The One O'clock Gun (Edinburgh Castle}The firing of a gun at one o'clock every day started as a means of giving the sailing ships in Leith harbour an accurate time check to assist them their navigation. And is still fired at 1pm every day.

Edinburgh Castle taken just after a snowshower.

Dynamic Earth - Tourist attraction that take you back to the big bang and you follow time throughout. To the modern day. With Salisbury Craggs in the background.

EICC - Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Edinburgh Skyline taken from Arthur's Seat You can see Edinburgh Castle clearly in this, gives you an idea of the height it sits at.

The heart-shaped design of the cobble stones near St Giles Cathedral marks where the entrance to the Tolbooth used to be located. The Tolbooth was originally set up in 1561, as the name implies, to collect tolls but also became used as a prison after 1640. There was also a scaffold for hanging criminals (and others) and the heads of the more famous victims would be displayed on spikes in the face of the building. The Tolbooth was demolished in 1817.

Perhaps as a sign of disrespect to the town council, it became common for passsers-by to spit on the cobble stone design. While this is not encouraged these days, it is wise to give the emblem a wide berth when walking past - just in case!

The Museum of Scotland

National Gallery of Scotland and Royal Scottish Academy, Picture taken from The Mound.

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