"Be
enticed to the historic, magical enchantments you will
find in the Heart of Midlothian"
Your
Gems hosts recommend that you ensure that enchanting
Roslin is on your must visit list.
The
unsolved riddles of Rosslyn will fascinate you. Its
a beautiful place - it has a pleasant tea & cakes
room.
Enigmatic
ROSSLYN CHAPEL www.rosslynchapel.org.uk
was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair, third St.
Clair Prince of Orkney. 'This gothic building, I believe,
may be pronounced unique, and I am confident it will
be found curious, elaborate and singularly interesting,
impossible to designate by any given or familiar term'
wrote Britton on his Architectural Antiquities of Britain
(1812), adding that its 'variety and eccentricity are
not to be defined by any words of common acceptation.'
Rosslyn
Chapel has associations with the Knights Templar. The
invention of modern banking is attributed to the Templar
knights and claims have been made that the vast lost
treasures of the Knights Templar are buried at Roslin.
Other enigmas at Rosslyn Chapel relate to the "apprentice’s
pillar" , how it can be that carvings of american
vegetables at Rosslyn can predate the "discovery"
of America by 150 years , whether carvings on the roof
are indeed an ancient form of Music Score.
Of
course Rosslyn Chapel is by the Roslin battlesite (
1303AD) where the Red Comyn with William Wallace led
the Scots to a famous and astonishing victory. It is
argued that without victory at Roslin, there would be
no Scotland.
Further
info: www.rosslynchapel.org.uk
Go
to other attractions:
Roslin
Battlesite
Roslin Chapel
Edinburgh Crystal
Day Trip to Edinburgh
Black
Diamonds Mining Museum
Butterfly World & Bird of
Prey Centre
Arniston House
Glenkinchie Distillery
Soutra Aisle
Newbattle Abbey
Vogrie Green Country Park
Crichton Castle
Fairies O' Carlops & Icelandic
Horse Pentland Hills Trecking Centre
Midlothian Dry Ski Slope
The Corn Exchange, Dalkeith
Day Tours to the Borders
Day Trip to West Lothian
& Stirling
Day Trip to Loch Lomond
Day Trip to East Lothian &
Berwickshire
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