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  2. Dean Village - Wikipedia

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    Development. Dean Village is one of the oldest of the villages that lay around the original Royal Burgh of Edinburgh. The village was referred to in 1535 as the miller's village and appears on the 1560 map of the Siege of Leith. In the Town Council Minutes of 1585 Water of Leith is used as the name of the village.

  3. Tourism in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year. [1] In 2013, for example, UK visitors made 18.5 million visits to Scotland, staying 64.5 million nights and spending £3.7bn.

  4. Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.

  5. Calton Hill - Wikipedia

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    Calton Hill. /  55.95528°N 3.18222°W  / 55.95528; -3.18222. Calton Hill ( / ˈkɔːltən /; Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Coilltinn) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and ...

  6. Duddingston - Wikipedia

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    The estate wherein Duddingston Village now lies was first recorded in lands granted to the Tironensian monks of Kelso Abbey by David I of Scotland between 1136 and 1147, [1] and is described as stretching from the Crag (from Craggenmarf, an old name for Arthur's Seat) [2] to the Magdalene Bridge. Herbert, the first Abbot at Kelso granted the ...

  7. Old Town, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Old Town, Edinburgh. /  55.9475722°N 3.1916306°W  / 55.9475722; -3.1916306. The Old Town ( Scots: Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland 's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation -era buildings.

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