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Dalkeith Country Park

Chimneys.

 

Dalkeith Palace (c. 1702) on the site of an earlier castle and the seat of the Montagu Douglas Scott family. The Palace was the creation of Anna Scott, the 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch’s widow, who employed architect James Smith. Alterations by John Adam (1762) and James Playfair (1786).

 

"When the Duke of Monmouth died his widow, Anne, asked James Smith to use William of Orange's Palace in Holland as a model for Dalkeith Palace. James Smith completed this large Scottish Country House in 1701-11: it was deemed the grandest of Scottish Classical Houses."

Source: www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk

 

Dalkeith Country Park:

#http://www.dalkeithcountrypark.co.uk/outdoor-activities/walking-hiking-routes

 

Taken during the Covid-19 pandemic; phase 1 of easing of lockdown in Scotland - driving to local areas for exercise permitted.

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Uploaded on May 30, 2020
Taken on May 30, 2020