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Edinburgh, Calton Hill, City Observatory, Playfair's Monument

Commemorative Monument (19th Century)
Edinburgh, Calton Hill, City Observatory, Playfair's Monument
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Calton Hill, City Observatory, Playfair's Monument as Commemorative Monument (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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