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Lochend, Edinburgh

Lochend Park, with Easter Road Stadium in the background

Lochend is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Leith and west of Restalrig, approximately two miles from the city centre, and consists largely of a 1930s public housing estate. Lochend Park is at the centre of the estate and contains Lochend Loch, from which the area takes its name. Notable buildings include the 19th century Lochend House, which contains surviving elements of Lochend Castle, demolished in the 16th century. A beehive doocot, associated with the castle, also survives from this period and is now in Lochend Park.[1]

James IV of Scotland came to the Lochend to hunt wildfowl in September 1507, and four men were paid to row a boat on the "loch of Restalrig" to start the birds.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lochend". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ James Balfour Paul, Accounts of the Treasurer: 1507-1513, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1902), p. 72

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