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Art walk · Edinburgh

Calton Hill in seven monuments

40 min1.5 kmModerate7 stops
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A short, steep climb to Edinburgh's open-air acropolis. Start among the radicals in Old Calton Burial Ground with Lincoln's Scottish-American memorial, then take in the Burns Monument before the summit set pieces: Dugald Stewart's rotunda, the Nelson Monument and the famously unfinished National Monument — with the best panorama in the city thrown in.

The walk, stop by stop

  1. 1
    Political Martyrs' Monument
    Monument· Broughton
    Political Martyrs' Monument
    Photo: Gareth Davies·CC BY-SA 4.0
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  2. 2
    Scottish-American Soldiers Monument
    Sculpture· Broughton
    Scottish-American Soldiers Monument
    Photo: Kevin Rae·CC BY-SA 2.0
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  3. 3
    Burns Monument
    Monument· Broughton
    Burns Monument
    Photo: AlasdairW·CC BY-SA 3.0
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  4. 4
    Dugald Stewart Monument
    Memorial· Broughton
    Dugald Stewart Monument
    Photo: Carlos Delgado·CC BY-SA 3.0
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  5. 5
    Nelson Monument
    Monument· Broughton
    Nelson Monument
    Photo: W. Bulach·CC BY-SA 4.0
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  6. 6
    National Monument of Scotland
    Monument· Broughton
    National Monument of Scotland
    Photo: Kristijrn·CC BY-SA 4.0
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  7. 7
    Playfair Monument
    Sculpture· Broughton
    Playfair Monument
    Photo: dun_deagh·CC BY-SA 2.0
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