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Cannonball House is a 17th-century town house on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in 1630 and substantially renovated in the early 20th century. It takes its name from a cannonball embedded in its western wall. The building is protected as a Category A listed building.
The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only by Princes Street in the New Town. The Royal Mile contains a variety of shops, restaurants, public houses, and visitor attractions.
Semple's Close off Castlehill. Castlehill forms the western end of the Royal Mile, running from the Castle Esplanade to the junction of Johnston Terrace. South. Castle Wynd (in two sections, North and South). This connects Castlehill with the Grassmarket via Johnston Terrace. With buildings on only one side, it is not typical of most closes.
Crowds packed Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile as the Queen arrived in the Scottish capital for one final time. Having left her “beloved” Balmoral estate – where she died peacefully on ...
The "Royal Mile" is a name coined in the early 20th century for the main street of the Old Town which runs on a downwards slope from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes (alleyways), often no more than a few feet wide, lead steeply downhill to both north and south of the main spine which runs west to ...
The Royal Mile was packed with hundreds of fans on either side of the road, among them Storrie and other friends and relatives of Godley. The hearse paused outside St Giles’ Cathedral, where a ...
Outlook Tower. Camera Obscura & World of Illusions is a tourist attraction located in Outlook Tower on the Castlehill section of the Royal Mile close to Edinburgh Castle.The original attraction was founded by entrepreneur Maria Theresa Short in 1835 and was exhibited on Calton Hill.
Since the summer of 2022, William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis have spent most of their time living in Adelaide Cottage in the Windsor Castle estate while the children attend school nearby ...