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The Hermitage of Braid is a deep gorge below Blackford Hill and is now a park. The Braid Burn is rich in wildlife and a typical upland stream.
©Richard Webb
From its crossing with Braid Road.
©M J Richardson
Looking east - snowbound for about four days now, and nothing much moving, apart from the one car not having much luck at getting out.
©M J Richardson
Late evening sun [19:20] shines under thunderstorm clouds to highlight a collection of chimneys, with Edinburgh Castle still in the dark 3 km to the north.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Framed by garden trees in the foreground and the castle beyond.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>A plaque set into the adjacent pavement here at Braid Road explains their significance:- "Thomas Kelly and Henry O'R Neil, the last two highwaymen in Scotland to be executed, were hanged in public on the 26th January 1815 from the gallows erected on the two stanes still visible on the spot which was where the robbery took place."
©ronnie leask
Dist:0.1km<br/>The bases for two gallows mark the site of Scotland's last execution for highway robbery on 25th January, 1815. The gallows were specifically erected to hang two Irishmen, Thomas Kelly and Henry O'Neill, at the scene of their crime, on 25th January 1815.
©kim traynor
Dist:0.1km<br/>Overlooking the tenements of Comiston Road, Comiston Gardens and Comiston Place from the chimneys of Comiston Terrace. The newer building in the centre is the Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital. On the skyline to the right are Napier University and the spires of Holy Corner at Churchill.
©Graeme Paterson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Nothing much moving on the side roads after 3 days of snow in late November - over 30cm, although a Met. Office spokesman was quoted as saying Edinburgh has 3.5inches!
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>For the Hanging Stanes [stones] see [[[539466]]].
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking west.
©Callum Black
Dist:0.1km<br/>A plaque set in the pavement reads:- The Hanging Stanes. Thomas Kelly and Henry O'R Neil, the last two highwaymen in Scotland to be executed, were hanged in public on 25th January 1815, from the gallows erected on the two stanes still visible on the spot, which was where the robbery took place. 1993, paid for by public subscription [the plaque, not the execution!]
©M J Richardson
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©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>With Edinburgh Castle on the skyline [3.2 km away].
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>An interesting 'clock' at Craiglea Clocks on Comiston Road. The front face tells the normal time, the right hand face [out of sight] is a barometer, but the left hand face is a tide clock, that indicates the state of the tide [I presume in the Firth of Forth] - high, ebbing, low or flooding - and the phase of the moon. Alas, no longer there! I recently noticed [July 2011] that it was missing, and was told it needed too much maintenance, so it was sent to the tip - what a shame!
©M J Richardson

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