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Travel - Scotland

A portfolio of photographs from a few days in Edinburgh, Scotland. Locations include Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, Holyrood House and Kylemore Abbey, Calton Hill and more.
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A blue door with bronze doorknobs, mailslot, and keyhole. The scuffed and faded paint together with the slightly askew door panels has a grungy feel to it.
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A blue door with bronze doorknobs, mailslot, and keyhole. The scuffed and faded paint together with the slightly askew door panels has a grungy feel to it.

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  • The exterior wall of the Holyrood Abbey is constructed with a series of stones filling smaller gothic arches. This one segment of the ruins shows a missing pillar with the repeated arch motif.
  • An old and weather-beaten gargoyle at the end of a flying buttress on the walls of Holyrood Abbey serves as a waterspout.
  • The interior of the ruins of the main building in an old abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A grisly image of death grimacing with a skull and crossbones on a headstone in Kylemore Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A view through the ruins of Holyrood Abbey towards a window framed in the gothic arch. This is a landmark building attached to Holyrood House in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A view of the entrance to Balmoral Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. As one of the royal palaces, it has a long history.
  • A small close, or narrow alley, in Edinburgh with a garden in the courtyard.
  • A blue door with bronze doorknobs, mailslot, and keyhole. The scuffed and faded paint together with the slightly askew door panels has a grungy feel to it.
  • Edinburgh Castle rises above the city protected by natural cliffs and high rock walls. The guards' stone barracks and other buildings are all part of the landmark structure.
  • A view of Edinburgh Castle from below showing the rocky cliffs, ramparts and other defenses from attack.
  • A candle stand full of small votive candles lit for prayers at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
  • A view of the ceiling of the Thistle Chapel in St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. This ornately decorated ceiling has a number of symbols representing a variety of religious and spiritual concepts.
  • A knight and lion holding a family crest as observed on the entrance column to the Thistle Chapel in St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A dragon is carved into a decorative frieze over the door of the St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. A fine example of draftsmanship from medieval stoneworkers.
  • A steries of dragon gargoyles carved in stone line the main entrance door to St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • The front stone facade and main tower of the St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. The historic landmark is in the middle of the Royal Mile in the center of the city.
  • An ice cream cart is built on a bicycle in Edinburgh.
  • A stone wall in Edinburgh Castle shows a pattern from unevenly sized light and dark stones and mortar.
  • A detail from an old lead drain pipe at Edinburgh Castle. The gold paint on the fleur de lis detail and pipe fittings provide a bit of brightness to the dull grey lead pipe.
  • A vista of Arthur's Seat and the city of Edinburgh through one of the cannon gunports in Edinburgh Castle. Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano that overlooks the city.
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