Holyrood
from
Calton Hill
This
view of Holyrood Palace and Abbey, with Calton Hill in the background,
taken from the slopes of Calton Hill.
The
stones in the foreground are from Trinity College Church. The
church was dismantled to enable the railway station, now Edinburgh
Waverley Station, to be built.
The
stones were all numbered, so that the church could be rebuilt, but the
stones were left on Calton Hill for how many (20?) years. Some of
the stones were taken away and used for building, but eventually Trinity
College Church was partially
rebuilt off Jeffrey Street.
This
has photograph has been reproduced 'as found' with the horizon not level.
This
seems surprising in view of the care that the early photographers normally
took.
