Hermitage of Braid

It comprises part of the 60.3-hectare (149-acre) Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve.

[1] In the 18th century the estate was purchased by the lawyer Charles Gordon of Cluny (died 1814),[2] who commissioned the present house, known as Hermitage of Braid or Hermitage House, which stands on the north side of the Braid Burn.

The house was built in 1785 by the Edinburgh architect Robert Burn.

[3] In 1937 the then owner of the Hermitage, John McDougal, gifted the land to the city for use as a public park.

[1] A pillar in the grounds records the gift, and the subsequent opening of the park on 10 June 1938 by Lord Provost Sir Louis Gumley.

Hermitage of Braid, the 18th-century house which gives the area its name
Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat