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4 unusual facts about Calton Hill


Declaration of Calton Hill

It was declared on 9 October 2004, at Calton Hill in Edinburgh, at the same time that Queen Elizabeth II was officially opening the new Scottish Parliament Building at Holyrood.

Joseph Gerrald

His name appears on the Political Martyrs monument (1844) on Calton Hill at Edinburgh and a similar monument at Nunhead Cemetery (1852) in London.

March and Rally for Scottish Independence

The March and Rally on 21 September 2013 gathered on Edinburgh's High Street (part of the Royal Mile) before moving to Calton Hill.

Test Dept

Angus Farquhar re-established the ancient Gaelic Beltane Fire Festival, held yearly on the night before/morning of the first of May on Edinburgh's Calton Hill.


A Satire of the Three Estates

William MacDowall with six carpenters built a stage of boards, a seat for Mary of Guise and the French ambassador Henri Cleutin, and a 'Convoy House', at the Greenside playfield, with the gallows, 'jebbettis,' used in the final scene.


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Gude Cause

Despite the short notice, several hundred women turned up, walking along Princes Street and climbing Calton Hill to sing "Bread and Roses" and other feminist songs.