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      The stone I took 
      this photograph on the high ground between where Jeannie Dean's cottage 
      once stood and the St Leonard's entrance to Holyrood Park on January 7, 
      2008. I 
      wondered if it might be the
      
      'Slidey Stane', as described in recollections of Holyrood Park.  
      However, it appears not to be. Here is 
      another view of the same stone, but looking to the west: 
      
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