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Holyrood Park

Open to visitorsa Historic Environment Scotland site — many are free to wander; staffed ones charge and keep set hours

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Holyrood Park is a chapel in Edinburgh. It is one of two chapels the Albion Guide maps in the county. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland.

For more of the same, Holyrood Abbey and St Triduana's Aisle are close by. For arrivals by rail, Edinburgh Station is 1.7 km to the west.

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