What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in City of Edinburgh.
Blackford Hill, at 267 meters, is one of the highest points in the City of Edinburgh and offers panoramic views of the surrounding area. It is part of the Carboniferous basalt formations typical of the region and is historically significant as a former site of an Iron Age hill fort.
Places near here
Trig point Blackford HillMountain or hill · 11 yd
Blackford Hill toposcopeMountain or hill · 39 yd
Blackford HillRock Carving (period Unknown) · 87 yd
Edinburgh, Blackford Hill Golf CourseGolf Course (19th Century) · 221 yd
Edinburgh, Blackford PondPond (period Unassigned) · 334 yd
Edinburgh, Blackford HillCup and Ring Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 385 yd
Royal Observatory, EdinburghHeritage attraction · 439 yd
Edinburgh, Morningside, Hermitage DriveNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 479 yd
Agassiz RockNamed rock · 695 yd
Wood mouseForest or wood · 1247 yd
David Brewster StatueMemorial · 1257 yd
Edinburgh, Morningside Cemetery, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 1293 ydOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0