Arthur's Seat is an 823ft / 251m hill in the
centre of Edinburgh / Scotland. The hill can be
found in Holyrood Park at the north end of the
Royal Mile.
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The Image top right is from Holyrood Park
looking up the Main Trail to Arthur's Seat,
there are many other lesser trails.
The Main Trail takes you up past the ruins
of St Anthony's Chapel, built around the 1300s,
well worth visiting.
The second image is of the top section that
is fairly steep.
The third image is of the summit section
that is real steep and rocky, scrambling is
needed when the rock is wet.
This little hill is just like many of the
3,000ft mountains in Scotland, even steeper
than many, takes under an hour to get to the
top where the 3,000 footers take 3 hours to the
top.
The summit gives great views south to
Edinburgh Castle, west to Calton Hill,
down to Holyrood Park and north to the Firth
of Forth.
The Grags down below Arthur's Seat are well
worth visiting as well for the cliff views over
Edinburgh centre and Holyrood Park.
There is a large car park at Holyrood Palace
and another by St Margaret's Loch, both close
to the main trail up to Arthur's Seat.
The bottom image is from the trail down off
The Crags looking at Holyrood Palace and a
large car park.
The hill is thought to have been named after
King Arthur, a
legendery King of Britain in the 500s, best
known for slaying a Welsh Dragon.
Arthur's Seat is over 300 million years old,
formed by volcanic activity, then eroded by
glaciers in the last 2 million years.
The rock Edinburgh Castle is built on was
formed and eroded at the same times, with
Castle Rock being 443ft / 135m.
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Information about many Books and Films
using Arthur's Seat in them.
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