Melville Gate Road

Melville Gate Road is a bus stop in Midlothian, Scotland. Melville Gate Road is situated nearby to the archaeological site Elginhaugh, as well as near the pitch Dalkeith Bowling Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elginhaugh and St David’s Church.

Elginhaugh

Archaeological site

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Elginhaugh Roman Fort was a Roman fort of the 1st century AD, located in Midlothian, Scotland. Elginhaugh is the most completely excavated timber-built auxiliary fort in the Roman Empire. Elginhaugh is situated 1,200 feet south of Melville Gate Road.

St David’s Church

Church

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St David's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was founded in 1854 by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian. It was designed by Joseph Hansom and is a category A listed building. St David’s Church is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Melville Gate Road.

St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Musselburgh Road, Dalkeith

Church

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St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Musselburgh Road, Dalkeith is situated 1 mile east of Melville Gate Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalkeith and Newbattle.

Dalkeith

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Dalkeith is a town in Midlothian, six miles southeast of Edinburgh in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's a commuter town for the city and had a population of 13,400 in 2016.

Newbattle

Suburb

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Newbattle is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland. The village lies south of Dalkeith, about seven miles from Edinburgh. It is notable for containing Newbattle Abbey, a stately home built on the site of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.