Millennium Stone
Millennium Stone is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. Millennium Stone is situated nearby to the park The Meadows, as well as near the church Chapel of St Albert the Great.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Meadows and Edinburgh Castle.
The Meadows
Park
Photo: Xiii1408, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, to the south of the city centre. It consists largely of open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, but also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and recreational sport pitches.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Millennium Stone.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 1,700 feet north of Millennium Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartermile and Guse Dub.
Quartermile
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.
Lauriston
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland, and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and north of The Meadows public park.
Millennium Stone
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94257° or 55° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.19145° or 3° 11′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRV5+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 11417090769OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Chapel of St Albert the Great and Simpson Loan.
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