The Museum of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Museum of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland is a regimental museum displaying the collections of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland. It is based in the Royal Scots drill hall at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: regimental museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland”, “Museum of the Royal Scots”, “Regimental Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)”, “The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland”, and “The Royal Scots Regimental Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Castle Rock.
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.
Castle Rock
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Rock is a volcanic plug in the middle of Edinburgh upon which Edinburgh Castle sits. The rock is estimated to have formed some 350 million years ago during the early Carboniferous period.
St Margaret’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, Scotland. An example of Romanesque architecture, it is a category A listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lauriston and Tollcross.
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.
Tollcross
Suburb
Tollcross is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of Bruntsfield and the Grassmarket.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. 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".
The Museum of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland
- Categories: regimental museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94824° or 55° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.20038° or 3° 12′ 1″ westOpen location code
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In Other Languages
“The Museum of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “王立スコットランド人連隊博物館”
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