Everything about The Mound totally explained
The Mound is an artificial
hill in central
Edinburgh,
Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's
New Town and its
Old Town. It was formed by the dumping of 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the draining of the
Nor' Loch - which today forms
Princes Street Gardens and the foundations of
Princes Street(External Link
). The Mound was officially opened in
1781. When the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was extended to
Waverley in
1846, tunnels were driven under The Mound to allow access to the west.
Some of Edinburgh's most notable buildings and institutions have their premises on The Mound, including the
National Gallery of Scotland, the
Royal Scottish Academy, the spires of
New College, the
General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, and the elegant domed Headquarters of the
Bank of Scotland.
Today The Mound is a busy, if fairly steep, thoroughfare taking traffic from
Princes Street, over the
Royal Mile and into the Old Town. Due to its raised elevation, the Mound commands expansive views over
Princes Street and the New Town of
Edinburgh and towards
Calton Hill.
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