Scotland is known to have many mountains and hills, such as Munros (mountains over 3,000 feet) like Ben Nevis, Schiehallion and the Cairngorms. One of the most famous hills, is arguably Arthur\u2019s Seat. An 822ft extinct volcano at the heart of Edinburgh\u2019s Holyrood Park.<\/p>\n
ANCIENT HISTORY<\/strong> WHO IS ARTHUR?<\/strong> WHY VISIT ARTHUR\u2019S SEAT?<\/strong> A visit to Edinburgh isn\u2019t complete without a walk up Arthur\u2019s Seat, or a Gin tasting at the Dunstane Houses now we think about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scotland is known to have many mountains and hills, such as Munros (mountains over 3,000 feet) like Ben Nevis, Schiehallion and the Cairngorms. One of the most famous hills, is arguably Arthur\u2019s Seat. An 822ft extinct volcano at the heart of Edinburgh\u2019s Holyrood Park. ANCIENT HISTORY There is archaeological evidence of people being settled on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotel","category-travels"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roseatehotels.com\/edinburgh\/theroseate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere is archaeological evidence of people being settled on Arthur\u2019s Seat from the Stone Age, with the volcano itself being over 350 million years old. The evidence suggests life was tough for those on Arthur\u2019s Seat, with evidence of tribal fighting and Roman invasion found in the area. During the 12th Century, the land around Arthur\u2019s Seat was given to Holyrood Abbey, which had well established farms and brewery\u2019s in the area and during the 13th Century St Anthony\u2019s Chapel was built. The ruins of which can still be seen at the foot of Arthur\u2019s Seat.<\/p>\n
\nStories of how the name \u2018Arthur\u2019s Seat\u2019 came about vary from family to family. Each child is told their own version that has been handed down through generations. Some say, King Arthur himself stopped on the ledge, sitting down to warm himself on the volcano, others have other tales linked to the famous Arthur Pendragon. However, the more realistic version comes from the gaelic name Ard-na-Said, which means height of arrows.<\/p>\n
\nSome of the most iconic images of Edinburgh have been taken from the top of Arthur\u2019s Seat. It sits in the 640 acre Royal Park, next to the Queen\u2019s official residence in Scotland, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and so many residents and visitors alike spend hours walking around the park and Duddingston Loch. A registered site of special scientific interest, there are hundreds of species of flora to be seen, as well as the breathtaking views (on a nice day!) across the whole of Edinburgh, the Forth Valley and even way across the Firth of Forth to the Kingdom of Fife. On a really good day, you can even see Ewan McGregor sprinting up\u2026although that might just have been a scene in Trainspotting 2.<\/p>\n