The Abbey is now a ruin and has been for some considerable time.

It adjoins Holyrood Palace (or the Palace adjoins it.)

Entrance:-

Information board:-

Interior:-

Pillars:-

Chancel and east window:-

Looking back towards entrance:-

Exterior from north. The remains to the left and in the photo two below are from an even older building. Arthur’s Seat/Salisbury Crags in background:-

Exterior from north-east:-

Exterior from south:-

Or Holyrood Palace, as it is sometimes known, is the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, where investitures and garden parties are held.

I had been inside it once, as a child so many years ago now, but the good lady hadn’t. During the Covid restriction loosening in September we booked a visit.

Palace from gates to north side:-

Entrance gateway from inside outer courtyard:-

South gates looking onto Arthur’s Seat/Salisbury Crags:-

Stitch of fountain and palace from outer courtyard:-

Outer courtyard fountain:-

Older wing:-

Entrance to palace proper:-

Inner courtyard:-

These photos were taken about a month or so ago.

This is a panorama of Edinburgh from the Botanic Gardens with Arthur’s Seat prominent towards the left and the Castle to the right.

This heron was in the Water of Leith as we walked back from the Botanics. It may or may not be the same one we have seen before.

This is one of Antony Gormley‘s sculptures. It is embedded into the tarmac in the middle of the pedestrian entrance from Belford Road into the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.