Porters‘ Stone

Porters‘ Stone is a memorial in , . Porters‘ Stone is situated nearby to the apartment building , as well as near the art gallery .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity House of Leith and HMY Britannia.

Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in , Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, custom house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. is situated 690 feet south of Porters‘ Stone.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. is situated 3,100 feet north of Porters‘ Stone.

Historic building
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamb's House is a historic A-listed building in , a northern district of the City of , Scotland, which has served as both a place of residence and warehouse. is situated 760 feet northeast of Porters‘ Stone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of , the capital of . The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the , on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of .

Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of , the capital of . The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the .

Porters‘ Stone

Latitude
55.97395° or 55° 58′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.17264° or 3° 10′ 22″ west
Open location code
9C7RXRFG+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6187873728
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
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