Discover Alone, back to main map

Mount Falcon Battery bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Mount Falcon Battery bronze plaque
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

This bronze commemorative plaque records: This plaque was unveiled on 27th May 1981 by the Right Honourable Tom Morgan Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh to mark the opening by the Scottish Special Housing Association of the Bowling Green Street Housing Redevelopment which stands on the site occupied by the Mount Falcon Battery in the siege of the French held port of Leith - in 1560
Mount Falcon Battery was a significant artillery position during the siege of Leith in 1560, playing a crucial role in the conflict between French forces and Scottish Protestant rebels allied with England.

A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.

Places near here

Edinburgh, Great Junction Street, South Leith PoorhousePoor House (19th Century) · 67 ydEdinburgh, Leith, Taylor GardensAir Raid Shelter(s) (second World War)(possible), Garden (period Unassigned) · 73 ydLeith War Memorial HospitalMemorial · 100 ydEdinburgh, LeithEngine Works (period Unassigned) · 153 ydGreat Junction Street, LeithFloor (19th Century), Pit (19th Century), Town Defences (16th Century) - (17th Century)(possible) · 154 ydPorters' StoneMemorial · 332 ydCoburg House StudiosGallery · 359 ydEdinburgh, Leith, Giles StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 372 ydSiege of Leithsiege · 376 ydTrinity HouseMuseum · 457 ydEdinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig HouseFlat(s) (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Sundial (modern), Tower House (17th Century) · 579 ydPilrig HouseVisitor information · 597 yd
Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: kim traynor on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0