Mortonhall Pit (disused)
Mortonhall Pit (disused) is a ruins in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mortonhall Pit (disused) is situated nearby to Lime Grove Park, as well as near the ruins Former Lime Kilns.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ellen’s Glen House and Gilmerton Cove.
Ellen’s Glen House
Hospital
Photo: Kay Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, originally Ellen's Glen House, is a community-based hospital which was built to provide services to elderly and mentally ill patients in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland. Ellen’s Glen House is situated 1¼ miles north of Mortonhall Pit (disused).
Gilmerton Cove
Photo: John Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Gilmerton Cove is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Mortonhall Pit (disused).
Gracemount High School
School
Photo: Kay Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gracemount High School is a non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school serving south-east Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a current roll of over 600 pupils and around 80 staff. Gracemount High School is situated 4,100 feet north of Mortonhall Pit (disused).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burdiehouse and Kaimes.
Burdiehouse
Suburb
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burdiehouse; Scots: Burdiehoose, is an area in the south east of Edinburgh, Scotland, near Gilmerton, Gracemount and Southhouse. The name may be a corruption of the name Bordeaux, from French immigrants who lived in the area.
Kaimes
Neighborhood
Kaimes is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Centred on the Kaimes junction which nowadays links to Straiton Junction of the Edinburgh City Bypass, it is south of Alnwickhill, east of Mortonhall, north of Heritage Grange and Burdiehouse and west of Gracemount and Southhouse.
Loanhead
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries.
Mortonhall Pit (disused)
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.89331° or 55° 53′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.15387° or 3° 9′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C7RVRVW+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 315365549OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lime Grove Park and Former Lime Kilns.
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