The Hawse

The Hawse is a mountain saddle in , . The Hawse is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Museum of Scotland.

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , 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.

Museum
Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in , 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.

Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in , , which form most of , described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.

Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

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of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

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is the historic port of the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

The Hawse

Latitude
55.9428° or 55° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.1661° or 3° 9′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C7RWRVM+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258022774
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
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Satellite Map

Discover The Hawse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hutton’s Section and Powderhouse Corner.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nether Hill and St Leonard’s Fountain, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.

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