EdinburghSights

Fortress sights in Edinburgh

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    Flodden Wall

    At the western end of the Grassmarket a narrow close called the Vennel leads steeply up to one of the few surviving fragments of the city wall that was built in the early 16th century as protection against a feared English invasion. Beyond it is the Telfer Wall, a later extension that continues to Lauriston Pl.

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